Zhuangzi's traditional view of life and death.

Today, I read the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion by Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. There is a sentence in it, "Knowing life and death is a fake life, and destroying Peng Qi is a mistake", which aroused my curiosity.

As we all know, the idea of equating life with death is untrue, and the idea of equating long life with short life is also wrong. The ancients did this, and today people can't let go of life and death.

So who is this person mentioned by Wang Xizhi who can overlook life and death? Who is this so detached? Murphy is also the proponent of the theory of "the unity of heaven and earth" and the founder of Taoist school-Master Zhuang Zhouzhuang.

Open the book "Zhuangzi". If I guess correctly, this free and easy attitude of overlooking life and death is worth learning.

There is a short story in Zhuangzi Zhile, which is a different understanding of life and death.

original text

"Zhuangzi's wife died, Keiko hanging it, Zhuangzi singing in the drum basin. Keiko said,' Get along well with others. When the eldest son is old, it's enough not to cry when he dies, but also to sing with a drum. "

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When Zhuangzi's wife died, Keiko went to express it.

Condolences, Zhuangzi sat with his legs spread like a dustpan, banging the tile while singing. Keiko said, "You have lived with your dead wife all your life and have children until you die of old age. It is not an exaggeration to cry when you are dead, and it is not an exaggeration to sing after knocking on the tile! "

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Zhuangzi said, "Otherwise. Finish what you started, I can't be alone! There is no life in the beginning, no life in the disciples, no life in the disciples and no life in the disciples. Mixed among the awns, it becomes angry, the gas becomes tangible, it is deformed and alive.

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Zhuangzi said, "That's not right. How can I not be sad when this man died? But after careful investigation, she was never born at first, not only never born but also never had a body, not only never had a body but never formed vitality. Mixed in the trance state, it becomes vital, vitality becomes shape, and shape becomes life.

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Now it's changed and dead. Four o'clock is the same as spring, summer, autumn and winter. People were lying in the giant room, but I cried with them, thinking that I couldn't live any longer, so I stopped. "

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Now changing back to death is like running in spring, summer, autumn and winter. The dead will rest in peace between heaven and earth, but I am crying beside her, thinking that this is an impossible fate, so I stopped crying. "

After reading this story, I finally understood that it was not heartless for Zhuangzi to sing on a clay pot in the face of the death of his wife who took care of him and gave birth to a child.

But in his view, life and death are a beautiful cycle, just like the changes of the four seasons, everything is a cycle. Death only returns from busy life to silence and between heaven and earth.

So, in my opinion, Zhuangzi's view of life and death is of practical significance.

Just yesterday, my sister in the same office was diagnosed with gastric cancer, and it was still in the advanced stage. We have been together for many years. We are brothers and sisters. Everyone cried when we heard the bad news.

Not only does she feel unlucky, but she also cares about her underage children, and she is even more worried that the old mother who is looking forward to her daughter in the countryside can't bear such a blow.

After reading Zhuangzi, I feel a little relieved. "When the living die, the dead return." Since life is a boarding house, we will go home one day. Since it is our home, we will go back happily.

We should understand that life is like hibiscus in full bloom, blooming at dawn and dying at dusk. Naturally, it is very leisurely to come and go. You don't have to be sad or afraid of death, you can live a wonderful life and walk calmly.