逍遥游
庄周 〔先秦〕
北冥有鱼，其名为鲲。鲲之大，不知其几千里也；化而为鸟，其名为鹏。鹏之背，不知其几千里也；怒而飞，其翼若垂天之云。是鸟也，海运则将徙于南冥。南冥者，天池也。《齐谐》者，志怪者也。《谐》之言曰：“鹏之徙于南冥也，水击三千里，抟扶摇而上者九万里，去以六月息者也。”野马也，尘埃也，生物之以息相吹也。天之苍苍，其正色邪？其远而无所至极邪？其视下也，亦若是则已矣。且夫水之积也不厚，则其负大舟也无力。覆杯水于坳堂之上，则芥为之舟；置杯焉则胶，水浅而舟大也。风之积也不厚，则其负大翼也无力。故九万里，则风斯在下矣，而后乃今培风；背负青天，而莫之夭阏者，而后乃今将图南。蜩与学鸠笑之曰：“我决起而飞，抢榆枋而止，时则不至，而控于地而已矣，奚以之九万里而南为？”适莽苍者，三餐而反，腹犹果然；适百里者，宿舂粮；适千里者，三月聚粮。之二虫又何知！小知不及大知，小年不及大年。奚以知其然也？朝菌不知晦朔，蟪蛄不知春秋，此小年也。楚之南有冥灵者，以五百岁为春，五百岁为秋；上古有大椿者，以八千岁为春，八千岁为秋。此大年也。而彭祖乃今以久特闻，众人匹之，不亦悲乎？
汤之问棘也是已：“穷发之北，有冥海者，天池也。有鱼焉，其广数千里，未有知其修者，其名为鲲。有鸟焉，其名为鹏，背若泰山，翼若垂天之云；抟扶摇羊角而上者九万里，绝云气，负青天，然后图南，且适南冥也。斥鷃笑之曰：‘彼且奚适也？我腾跃而上，不过数仞而下，翱翔蓬蒿之间，此亦飞之至也。而彼且奚适也？’”此小大之辩也。
故夫知效一官、行比一乡、德合一君、而征一国者，其自视也，亦若此矣。而宋荣子犹然笑之。且举世誉之而不加劝，举世非之而不加沮，定乎内外之分，辩乎荣辱之境，斯已矣。彼其于世，未数数然也。虽然，犹有未树也。夫列子御风而行，泠然善也，旬有五日而后反。彼于致福者，未数数然也。此虽免乎行，犹有所待者也。若夫乘天地之正，而御六气之辩，以游无穷者，彼且恶乎待哉？故曰：至人无己，神人无功，圣人无名。
尧让天下于许由，曰：“日月出矣，而爝火不息；其于光也，不亦难乎？时雨降矣，而犹浸灌；其于泽也，不亦劳乎？夫子立而天下治，而我犹尸之；吾自视缺然，请致天下。”许由曰：“子治天下，天下既已治也；而我犹代子，吾将为名乎？名者，实之宾也；吾将为宾乎？鹪鹩巢于深林，不过一枝；偃鼠饮河，不过满腹。归休乎君，予无所用天下为！庖人虽不治庖，尸祝不越樽俎而代之矣！”
肩吾问于连叔曰：“吾闻言于接舆，大而无当，往而不反。吾惊怖其言。犹河汉而无极也；大有径庭，不近人情焉。”连叔曰：“其言谓何哉？”曰：“藐姑射之山，有神人居焉。肌肤若冰雪，淖约若处子，不食五谷，吸风饮露，乘云气，御飞龙，而游乎四海之外；其神凝，使物不疵疠而年谷熟。吾以是狂而不信也。”连叔曰：“然。瞽者无以与乎文章之观，聋者无以与乎钟鼓之声。岂唯形骸有聋盲哉？夫知亦有之！是其言也，犹时女也。之人也，之德也，将旁礴万物以为一，世蕲乎乱，孰弊弊焉以天下为事！之人也，物莫之伤：大浸稽天而不溺，大旱金石流，土山焦而不热。是其尘垢秕糠将犹陶铸尧舜者也，孰肯以物为事？”宋人资章甫而适诸越，越人断发文身，无所用之。尧治天下之民，平海内之政，往见四子藐姑射之山，汾水之阳，窅然丧其天下焉。
惠子谓庄子曰：“魏王贻我大瓠之种，我树之成，而实五石。以盛水浆，其坚不能自举也。剖之以为瓢，则瓠落无所容。非不呺然大也，吾为其无用而掊之。”庄子曰：“夫子固拙于用大矣。宋人有善为不皲手之药者，世世以洴澼絖为事。客闻之，请买其方百金。聚族而谋曰：‘我世世为洴澼絖，不过数金，今一朝而鬻技百金，请与之。’客得之，以说吴王。越有难，吴王使之将，冬，与越人水战，大败越人。裂地而封之。能不皲手一也，或以封，或不免于洴澼絖，则所用之异也。今子有五石之瓠，何不虑以为大樽，而浮乎江湖，而忧其瓠落无所容？则夫子犹有蓬之心也夫！”
惠子谓庄子曰：“吾有大树，人谓之樗。其大本拥肿而不中绳墨，其小枝卷曲而不中规矩，立之途，匠者不顾。今子之言大而无用，众所同去也。”庄子曰：“子独不见狸狌乎？卑身而伏，以候敖者；东西跳梁，不辟高下；中于机辟，死于罔罟。今夫斄牛，其大若垂天之云。此能为大矣，而不能执鼠。今子有大树，患其无用，何不树之于无何有之乡，广莫之野，彷徨乎无为其侧，逍遥乎寝卧其下。不夭斤斧，物无害者，无所可用，安所困苦哉！”
译文
北方的大海里有一条鱼，它的名字叫鲲。鲲的体积，不知道大到有几千里。变化成为鸟，它的名字就叫做鹏。鹏的脊背，真不知道长到有几千里；当它奋起而飞的时候，那展开的翅膀就好像天边的云。这只鹏鸟，大风吹动海水的时候就要迁徙到南方的大海去了。南方的大海是一个天然的大池子。《齐谐》是一部专门记载怪异事情的书。这本书上记载：“鹏往南方的大海迁徙的时候，翅膀拍打水面，能激起三千里的浪涛，环绕着旋风飞上了九万里的高空，乘着六月的风离开了北海。”山野中的雾气，飘飘扬扬的尘埃，都是活动着的生物的气息相互吹拂所致。天空苍苍茫茫的，难道就是它本来的颜色吗？它的辽阔高远也是没有尽头的吗？鹏往下看的时候，看见的应该也是这个样子。如果聚集的水不深，那么它就没有负载一艘大船的力量了。在堂前低洼的地方倒上一杯水，一棵小草就能被当作是一艘船，放一个杯子在上面就会被粘住，这是水浅而船却大的原因。如果聚集的风不够强大的话，那么负载一个巨大的翅膀也就没有力量了。因此，鹏在九万里的高空飞行，风就在它的身下了，凭借着风力，背负着青天毫无阻挡，然后才开始朝南飞。蝉和小斑鸠讥笑鹏说：“我们奋力而飞，碰到榆树和檀树就停止，有时飞不上去，落在地上就是了。何必要飞九万里到南海去呢？”要去近郊的人，吃饱饭往返，回来时肚子仍是饱的；到百里外的人，要用一整夜时间舂米准备干粮；到千里外的人，要聚积三个月的粮食。蝉和小斑鸠这两个小动物又怎么知道呢？小智比不上大智，短命比不上长寿。怎么知道是这样的呢？早晨出生的菌类不到黑夜就死去，因而不知黑夜与黎明；寒蝉春生夏死或夏生秋死，因而不知春天与秋天。楚国的南方有一种大树叫做灵龟，它把五百年当作一个春季，五百年当作一个秋季。上古时代有一种树叫做大椿，它把八千年当作一个春季，八千年当作一个秋季，这就是长寿。可是彭祖到如今还是以年寿长久而闻名于世，人们与他攀比，岂不可悲可叹！
商汤问棘的话也是这样的：“在草木不生的极远的北方，有个很深的大海，那就是天池。里面有条鱼，它的身子有几千里宽，没有人知道它有多长，它的名字叫做鲲。有一只鸟，它的名字叫做鹏。鹏的背像泰山，翅膀像天边的云；借着旋风盘旋而上九万里，超越云层，背负青天，然后向南飞翔，将要飞到南海去。小泽里的麻雀讥笑鹏说：‘它要飞到哪里去呢？我一跳就飞起来，不过数丈高就落下来，在蓬蒿丛中盘旋，这也是极好的飞行了。而它还要飞到哪里去呢？’”这就是小和大的不同了。
所以，那些才智能胜任一官的职守，行为能够庇护一乡百姓的，德行能投合一个君王的心意的，能力能够取得全国信任的，他们看待自己，也像上面说的那只小鸟一样。而宋荣子对这种人加以嘲笑。宋荣子这个人，世上所有的人都称赞他，他并不因此就特别奋勉，世上所有的人都诽谤他，他也并不因此就感到沮丧。他认定了对自己和对外物的分寸，分辨清楚荣辱的界限，就觉得不过如此罢了。他对待人世间的一切，都没有拼命去追求。即使如此，他还是有未达到的境界。列子乘风而行，飘然自得，驾轻就熟。十五天以后返回；他对于求福的事，没有拼命去追求。这样虽然免了步行，还是有所凭借的。倘若顺应天地万物的本性，驾驭着六气的变化，遨游于无穷的境地，他还要凭借什么呢？所以说：修养最高的人能任顺自然、忘掉自己，修养达到神化不测境界的人无意于求功，有道德学问的圣人无意于求名。
尧要把天下让给许由，说：“太阳月亮出来了，而小火把还不熄灭，它的亮度，要和日月相比不是太难了吗！及时雨降下了，还要灌溉田地，对于滋润禾苗，不是徒劳吗！你如果成了君王，天下一定大治，而我还徒居其位，我自己感到惭愧极了，请允许我把天下交给你。”许由说：“你治理天下，天下已经治理好了，而我再接替你，我岂不是为名而来吗？名，是依附于实的客体，我难道要做有名无实的客体吗？鹪鹩在深林中筑巢，只要一根树枝；鼹鼠饮河水，只要肚子喝饱。请你回去吧，天下对于我没有什么用！厨子虽然不下厨，主祭的人却不应该超越权限而代行厨子的职事。”
肩吾向连叔求教：“我从接舆那里听到谈话，大话连篇没有边际，一说下去就回不到原来的话题上。我十分惊恐他的言谈，就好像天上的银河没有边际，跟一般人的言谈差异甚远，确实是太不近情理了。”连叔问：“他说的是些什么呢？”肩吾转述道：“‘在遥远的姑射山上，住着一位神人，皮肤润白像冰雪，体态柔美如处女，不食五谷，吸清风饮甘露，乘云气驾飞龙，遨游于四海之外。他的神情那么专注，使得世间万物不受病害，年年五谷丰登。’我认为这全是虚妄之言，一点也不可信。”连叔听后说：“是呀！对于瞎子没法同他们欣赏花纹和色彩，对于聋子没法同他们聆听钟鼓的乐声。难道只是形骸上有聋与瞎吗？思想上也有聋和瞎啊！这话似乎就是说你肩吾的呀。那位神人，他的德行，与万事万物混同一起，以此求得整个天下的治理，谁还会忙忙碌碌把管理天下当成回事！那样的人哪，外物没有什么能伤害他，滔天的大水不能淹没他，天下大旱使金石熔化、土山焦裂，他也不感到灼热。他所留下的尘埃以及瘪谷糠麸之类的废物，也可造就出尧舜那样的圣贤仁君来，他怎么会把忙着管理万物当作己任呢！北方的宋国有人贩卖帽子到南方的越国，越国人不蓄头发满身刺着花纹，没什么地方用得着帽子。尧治理好天下的百姓，安定了海内的政局，到姑射山上、汾水北面，去拜见四位得道的高士，不禁怅然若失，忘记了自己居于治理天下的地位。”
惠子对庄子说：“魏王送给我大葫芦的种子，我种下后结出的葫芦大得可以容纳五石。用它来盛水，它却因质地太脆无法提举。切开它当瓠，又大而平浅无法容纳东西。我不是嫌它不大，只是因为它无用，我把它砸了。”庄子说：“你真不善于使用大的物件。宋国有个人善于制作防止手冻裂的药，他家世世代代都以漂洗丝絮为职业。有个客人听说了，请求用一百金来买他的药方。这个宋国人召集全家商量说：‘我家世世代代靠这种药从事漂洗丝絮，一年所得不过数金；现在一旦卖掉这个药方马上可得百金，请大家答应我卖掉它。’这个客人买到药方，就去游说吴王。那时正逢越国入侵吴国，吴王就命他为将，在冬天跟越国人展开水战，大败越人，吴王就割地封侯来奖赏他。同样是一帖防止手冻裂的药方，有人靠它得到封赏，有人却只会用于漂洗丝絮，这是因为使用方法不同啊。现在你有可容五石东西的大葫芦，为什么不把它系在身上作为腰舟而浮游于江湖呢？却担忧它大而无处可容纳，可见你的心地过于浅陋狭隘了！”
惠子对庄子说：“我有一棵大树，人家把它叫做臭椿；它那树干上有许多赘瘤，不合绳墨，它那枝权弯弯曲曲，不合规矩。它长在路边，木匠都不看它一眼。现在你说的那段话，大而没有用，大家都不相信。”庄子说：“你难道没见过野猫和黄鼠狼吗？屈身伏在那里，等待捕捉来来往往的小动物；它捉小动物时东跳西跃，不避高下；但是一踏中捕兽的机关陷阱，就死在网中。再看那牦牛，它大如天边的云；这可以说够大的了，但是却不能捕鼠。现在你有一棵大树，担忧它没有用处，为什么不把它种在虚无之乡，广阔无边的原野，随意地徘徊在它的旁边，逍遥自在地躺在它的下面；这样大树就不会遭到斧头的砍伐，也没有什么东西会伤害它。它没有什么用处，又哪里会有什么困苦呢？”
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Zhuang Zhou[Pre-Qin Dynasty]
There is a fishnamed Kun in the northern Moon. Kun big, I do not know its thousands of milesalso; Transformed into a bird, its name is Peng. The back of the Peng, I do notknow its thousands of miles also; When they fly in anger, their wings are likeclouds hanging down from the sky. If it is the birds, the sea will migrate tothe south. The South Ghost, Tianchi also. "Qi harmonic", also strangepeople. "Harmonic" said: "The migration of the peng in the southis also, water hit three thousand li, the kneading up nine thousand li, to theJune rest also. Wild horses also, dust also, living things with breath phaseblowing also. The sky is green, its color is evil? Is it far away and free fromevil? Under its view, also if it has passed. And the volume of water is notthick, then its negative boat is weak. A second cup of water above thedepression hall, then mustard for the boat; How to put a cup is glue, the wateris shallow and the boat is big. The wind is not thick, then its negative wingsare weak. So ninety thousand miles, then the wind is in the next, and then thetraining of the wind; Then, with nothing above the clear sky, and no obstaclesin the way, it glides toward the south. Dove Tiao and learning to smile yue:"I definitely up and fly, rob yu fang to a stop and is not, and in all, xito nine miles south for?" Suitable recklessly, three meals and anti,abdomen still as expected; Suitable hundred li, spring food; Fit for thousandsof miles, March gather grain. Two insects and how to know! Small knowledge isnot as good as big knowledge, small year is not as good as big. How do you knowit? The bacteria vivisystem, mantis Hui during the spring and autumn, theoff-year also. In the south of Chu, there were Mingling people who consideredfive hundred years old as spring and five hundred years old as autumn. Inancient times, there are big Toon, eight thousand years old for spring, eightthousand years old for autumn. This big year also. And Peng Zu is now a longtime to hear, so many people compete, is not also sad?
Tang asked thespine already: "In the north of poor development, there is the Hadean Sea,Tianchi also. Fish Yan, its wide thousands of miles, not know its repair, itsname Kun. There is a bird, whose name is Peng, whose back is like Mount Tai andwings like clouds hanging from the sky. The nine thousand Li who knead andshake the horn, the air of the clouds, negative sky, and then map south, andthe south also. He rebuffed him and laughed, saying, 'Is it right for him toridicule? I leap up, but a few fathoms down, soaring between the shaggyartemisia, this also fly to also. And they are also ridiculed? '" Thissmall big argument also.
Therefore, thehusband knows the effect of an official, line than a township, de unity king,and the levy of a country, its self also, if this Yi. But Song Rongzi stillsmiled. And the reputation of the world without advice, the world is not andnot Ju, depending on the internal and external division, debate on the gloryand disgrace of the country, it has passed. They are in the world, not countedbut also. Although, still have not tree also. Husband Linzi rode the wind. Hewas good, he was five days old. Those who are blessed are not counted. This isnot to do, but also to treat. If by heaven and earth, and the debate of theroyal six gas, to swim infinity, they and evil to be Zai? Therefore, it issaid: to man without himself, God without merit, sage without name.
Yao told Xu You,"When the sun and moon have risen, there is no light at all; Its in lightalso, not also difficult? When the rain fell, and still dip irrigation; Its inze also, not also laboring? The master stands and the world governs, and I amstill a corpse; I see myself as lacking, please send to the world." Xu Yousaid, "When the son governs the world, the world is already governed. Andmy son, what shall I be called? The name, the real guest also; Will I be aguest? The wren nests in the deep forest, but one; A thinrat drinks the river,but full of it. To rest on you, to no use for the world! Overall, this bookmust not be cut over the demands of each patient."
I asked YuLianshu and said, "I heard that the words in the Jieyu are too big to bejustified. I was terrified of what he said. The river and infinite also; Veryfar from judgment." Lian Shu said, "What is that?" 'The mountainof Yigu Shooting is inhabited by gods. The skin is like ice and snow, and thequagmire is like a virgin. It does not eat grain, it sucks the wind and drinksdew, it rides the clouds, it rides the flying dragon, and it swims beyond theseas. And their gods wilt not spots, but ripens the corn. I'm crazy and don'tbelieve it." Lian Shu said, "Yes. I am beyond the view of thearticle, the deaf beyond the sound of the bell and drum. Is the body the onlydeaf and blind? Husband knows also have! Is its words also, still time femalealso. The people also, the virtue also, will be the boundless all things as a,don't confuse the world, which is bad how to take the world as a matter! Peoplealso, things do not hurt: great immersion Ji Tian without drowning, greatdrought and gold streams, earth mountain coke without heat. It is its grime andchaff that make Kings and shunts of clay, and who will go for things?" Songpeople in chapter and suitable for the more, more people broke the body, nouse. Yao YAO RULED THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, AND PINGHAI IN THE GOVERNMENT, WENTTO SEE THE MOUNTAIN OF SIZI MIAGU SHOOTING, AND THE Yang OF FENSHUI, YAO RANLOST HER YAO IN THE WORLD.
Hui Zi said to
Zhuang Zi, "The King of Wei gave me a seed of a large gourd. I planted it
and it bore five stones. To fill the water slurry, the firm can not bootstrap
also. Dissected as gourd gourd, bottle gourd has no tolerance. Not 呺 not big also, I am useless as fist-size pile." Zhuang Zi said,
"Master Zi is too humble to use. Didn't have a good and right and not Jun
hand medicine of generations to Ping Pi 絖 for things.
Guest hears it, please buy its square 100 gold. Through a race with yue: "I
will the Ping Pi 絖, but few gold, this once, sometimes
I and jing technology please with it. 'Guest got it, in order to say the king
of Wu. When Yue was in trouble, the king of Wu made him general, and he fought
with the Yue people in water and defeated them. Split the ground and seal it.
Can not Jun hand a, or to seal, or not in Ping Pi 絖,then used different also. This son has a bottle of five stone, why not think ofa big bottle, and float in the river's lake, and worry about its bottle notolerance? Then the master still has the heart of Peng also husband!"
Huizi said to
Zhuangzi, "I have the tree that people call the Chu tree. Its big embrace
swelling and not in the line ink, its twigs curled and not in the rules, the
way, regardless of the artisan. The words of this son are big and useless.
Everyone goes with them." Zhuang zi yue: "the son see everthing alone
Sheng? One who bends over to await ao; East and west jump beam, not high and
low; In the machine, to die in. Today's 斄cow, if itsbig hanging in a cloud of the sky. This can be great, but can not hold a mouse.This son has a big tree, suffering from its useless, why not the tree in thetown of no, wide Mo, hesitation almost for its side, free and easy to sleepunder it. Not die catty axe, the thing is harmless, have no use, safe place ispoor!"
The translation
There was a fishnamed Kun in the northern sea. The size of the Kun is thousands of li. Changeinto a bird, its name is called peng. Peng's back, I do not know how long tothousands of li; When it rises and flies, its wings spread out like clouds inthe sky. This peng bird will migrate to the southern sea when the wind movesthe water. The south sea is a big natural pool. Qi Harmonic is a book aboutstrange things. The book notes: "When Peng migrates to the southern sea,his wings flap on the surface of the water and stir up waves of three thousandli. He goes up ninety thousand li in a swirling wind and leaves the North Seaon a June wind." The mists of the mountains, the swirling dust, are thebreath of living things blowing against each other. The sky is grey andboundless, is it its original color? Is its immensity and height endless? WhenPeng looked down, he would have seen the same thing. If the pool of water isnot deep, it will not be strong enough to carry a large ship. Pour a cup ofwater in a low-lying place in front of the hall, and a grass can be regarded asa boat. If you put a cup on it, it will be stuck. This is the reason why thewater is shallow and the boat is large. If the gathering wind is not strongenough, then there is no power to carry a large wing. Therefore, the Peng isflying at the altitude of ninety thousand miles, the wind is under its body,with the wind, carrying the blue sky without any resistance, and then began tofly south. The cicada and the turtle dove sneered at the peng and said,"We try our best to fly. When we come to elms and sandalwood trees, westop. Sometimes we can't fly up, but land on the ground. Why fly ninetythousand miles to the South Sea?" He who goes to the outskirts of thecountry will return with a full stomach. Those who travel a hundred miles willspend an night cleaning rice to prepare dry food; For a man a thousand milesaway, it takes three months to amass food. Cicada and small turtle dove thesetwo small animals how to know? Small wisdom than great wisdom, short life thana long life. How do you know that? Fungi born in the morning die before night,and thus know neither night nor dawn; Han Chan born in spring and died in summeror died in summer, so I do not know spring and autumn. In the south of theState of Chu, there is a tree called the spirit turtle, which takes fivehundred years as a spring and five hundred years as an autumn. In ancienttimes, there was a tree called Big Toon, which regarded eight thousand years asa spring and eight thousand years as an autumn. This was longevity. However,Pengzu is still famous for his long life. How pitiful it is for people tocompare himself with him!
Shang Tang saidthe same thing when he asked Ji, "In the far north, where nothing grows,there is a deep sea, Tianchi. Inside was a fish, thousands of miles wide and noone knows how long it was. Its name was Kun. There is a bird. Its name is Peng.Peng's back is like Mount Tai, wings like clouds in the sky; Up ninety thousandmiles in swirling winds, beyond the clouds, bearing the blue sky, and thenflying south, will fly to the South Sea. The sparrow of Ozawa taunted Peng andsaid, 'Where does it fly to? I jump to fly, but a few feet down, hovering inthe Shaggy bush, this is also a very good flight. And where does it have to go?'" That's the difference between small and big.
Therefore, thosewho are wise enough to perform the duties of an official, whose conduct canprotect the people of a village, whose virtue can suit the heart of a king, andwhose power can win the trust of a nation, look upon themselves as the birdmentioned above. Song Rongzi laughed at such people. Song Rongzi was a man whowas praised by all the people in the world, but he was not particularlyencouraged because of this, and he was not depressed because all the people inthe world slandered him. He decided to distinguish between himself and externalthings, distinguish the boundary of honor and disgrace, and felt that it wasnothing more. He treated everything in the world, did not desperately pursue.Even so, there is something he has yet to achieve. The example son rides thewind, complacent, at ease. Return after fifteen days; He did not strive forhappiness. It's not a walk, but it's something to rely on. If he follows thenature of all things in heaven and earth, controls the changes of the six Qi,and swims in the infinite, what will he depend on? So said: the highestcultivation of the people can be obedient to nature, forget themselves,cultivation to reach the god of the unexpected state of people have nointention to seek merit, moral knowledge of the sage has no intention to seekfame.
Yao wanted togive the world to Xu You. He said, "The sun and moon are out, and thelittle torch is still out. Isn't it too difficult to compare its brightnesswith the sun and moon? The timely rain falls, but also irrigate the field, tomoisten the seedlings, is not in vain! If you become king, the world will be ruled,and I am so ashamed of myself that I can give it to you." Xu You said,"You rule the world, and the world is already ruled, and I will take overfrom you. Am I not here in the name of you? A name is an object attached to thereal. Am I to be an object without a name? The wren builds her nest in the deepforest on a single branch; Mole drank river water as long as his stomach wasfull. Please go back, the world is of no use to me! Although the cook does notcook, the chief priest should not exceed his authority and act as a cook."
Shoulder I askedUncle Lian for advice: "I heard the talk from Jie Yu there. There was nolimit to the big talk, and I couldn't get back to the original topic. I amappalled by his speech. It is as if the Milky Way in the sky has no limit. Itis so different from the ordinary people's speech that it is really toounreasonable." Uncle Lian asked, "What is he talking about?" Irelays: "' In the remote Gusha Mountain, there lives a goddess, whose skinis white as snow and ice, and whose body is soft and beautiful as a virgin. Shedoes not eat grain, breathes the wind and drinks nectar, rides the clouds andflies the dragon, and travels beyond the seas. His expression is soconcentrated, so that everything in the world is not sick, the harvest yearafter year. 'I don't think it's true at all." After hearing this, UncleLian said, "Yes! The blind cannot appreciate patterns and colors withthem, and the deaf cannot hear the music of bells and drums with them. Is thereonly deafness and blindness in the body? There is also deafness and blindnessin the mind! That sounds like it's your fault. The man of God, whose virtue ismixed with all things, seeks to govern the whole world. Who would be so busy asto govern the world? Nothing can harm such a man, nor can the great watersdrown him, nor does the earth burn when the stone of the earth melts and themountains are scorched by the drought. The dust he had left behind, and thewaste of shrunken bran and bran, could have produced such sages as Yao andShun. How could he have taken it as his duty to be busy with the management ofall things? Some people in the northern state of Song sold hats to the southernstate of Yue. The people in the State of Yue did not grow their hair and werecovered with tattoos. There was no place for hats. Yao managed the people ofthe world well, and settled the political situation in the sea. When he went tothe mountain of Gushe and the north of Fenshui, he went to visit the fourlearned scholars. He couldn't help feeling lost and forgot his position ingoverning the world."
Hui Zi said toZhuang Zi, "The king of Wei gave me the seeds of a large calabash. After Iplanted it, the calabash produced was large enough to hold five stones. You useit to hold water, but it's too brittle to lift. Cut it into a bottle, it is toolarge and flat to hold anything. I didn't think it was small, but because itwas useless, I smashed it." Zhuang Zi said, "You are really not goodat using large objects. There was a man in the State of Song who was good atmaking medicine to prevent hand frostbite. His family had been rinsing flossfor generations. A guest heard of this and asked for 100 gold to buy hisprescription. This man of the State of Song called together his whole familyand said: 'For generations, my family has been using this medicine to rinse andwash silk flocs, and the annual income is no more than a few gold coins. Now,if you sell this prescription, you will get a hundred dollars immediately.Please promise me to sell it. When the guest got the prescription, he went toask the king of Wu. At that time, the State of Yue invaded the state of Wu, sothe king of Wu appointed him general. In winter, he fought with the State ofYue in a water war, and defeated the State of Yue. The king of Wu gave him landand made him a marquis as a reward. It is the same prescription to prevent thehand from freezing and cracking, some people will be rewarded by it, but otherswill only be used to rinse the floc, because of the different methods of use.Now you have a big gourd that can hold five stones. Why don't you tie it toyour body as a boat and float in the river's lake? But you are afraid that itis too big to contain, so your heart is too small and narrow!"
