Chapter 31 "Zhuangzi Miscellaneous Chapters The Thirty-first Fisherman"

"Zhuangzi Miscellaneous Chapters The Thirty-first Fisherman" Confucius traveled in the forest of black curtains, and sat on the apricot altar.Disciples read books, Confucius sang and played drums and zithers.Before the middle of the melody, a fisherman came from the boat, his beard and eyebrows were white, his hair was out of his sleeves, he walked above the plain, and stopped at a distance from the land, with his left hand on his knee and his right hand to listen to.At the end of the song, Zi Gong and Zi Lu are both right.The guest pointed to Confucius and said: "What is he?" Zilu said to him: "The gentleman of Lu is also." The guest asked his family.Zilu said to him: "The Kong family." The guest said: "How can the Kong family be governed?" Zilu didn't answer, Zi Gong said: "The Kong family is loyal and trustworthy, acts benevolently and righteously, decorates rituals and music, and chooses human relations. .The top is to be loyal to the lord of the world, and the bottom is to transform it into the people of Qi, so as to benefit the world. This is also ruled by the Kong family." He asked again: "A king with land?" Zi Gong said: "No." The king's assistant?" Zigong said: "No." The guest smiled and said: "Benevolence is benevolence, and I am afraid that I will not avoid it. I have worked hard to endanger my truth. Woohoo! It's far away. It is divided into Dao."

Zigong returned and reported to Confucius.Confucius pushed the qin and stood up, saying: "Who is the sage?"Confucius went back, worshiped again and advanced.The guest said: "What do you want, the general?" Confucius said: "The old man left with a preface. Qiu is unworthy. He doesn't know the so-called. He waited in the lower wind. Fortunately, he heard the sound of coughing and spitting. It is also a pawn." The guest said: "Hey! It's true, you love to learn!" Confucius stood up again and said: "Qiu was young and studied until now, at the age of sixty-nine, and he has nothing to learn and teach. How dare you not be modest!" The guest said: "The same kind obeys each other, the same sound corresponds, and the principle of the heaven is solidified. I ask you to explain what I have and the reason for the son. The reason for the son is also the human affairs. The son of heaven, the princes, the officials, and the common people, these four are self-righteous, and the beauty of governance is also The fourth is that there is no great chaos when you leave the position. Officials rule their posts, and people worry about their affairs, so there is no mausoleum. Therefore, the fields are desolate and the rooms are exposed, food and clothing are insufficient, tax collection is not appropriate, wives and concubines are not in harmony, seniority is disorderly, common people Worry about being incompetent, failing to manage official affairs, being dishonest, slack in the ranks, lack of meritorious service, lack of honor and salary, worrying about officials; no loyal ministers in the court, confusion in the country, inexperienced workmanship, and incompetent tribute. Beauty, Spring and Autumn Lun, not following the Son of Heaven, worrying the princes; Yin and Yang disharmony, cold and heat from time to time, hurting the common people, princes rioting, arbitrarily fighting each other, ruining the people, lack of restraint in rituals and music, poor wealth, The relationship between people is not orderly, the people are promiscuous, and the son of heaven has the worry of being in charge. Today, the son has no rulers and lords who have the power to be in charge, and there are no ministers and officials below, but he is good at decorating rituals and music, choosing human relations, in order to transform the people, not too many What is the matter? And people have eight flaws, and there are four troubles in things, so we must pay attention to them. If you do not care about the problem, you call it the general; if you don’t care about it, you call it a flattery; if you want to say something, you call it flattery; To talk about right and wrong is called flattery; to speak evil of a good person is called slander; to dissociate friends and leave relatives is called a thief; to praise fraudulent people to defeat evil people is called slander; Stealing what one desires is called danger. These eight flaws cause chaos on the outside and harm the body on the inside. Talking about it; knowing something good and invading others for its own use is called covetousness; seeing it without changing it, but hearing it is worse, it is called atrocious; it is okay for others to be like oneself, but different from oneself, even if it is good or not, it is called embarrassment. The four troubles are also. If you can get rid of the eight flaws, but you can't do the four troubles, you can teach yourself.

Confucius sighed in embarrassment, bowed again, and said: "Qiu chased Lu again, cut his tracks in Wei, cut down trees in Song Dynasty, and surrounded Chen Cai. Qiu didn't know what he lost, so why did he leave these four slanders?" Sadly, he changed his countenance and said: "It's too bad, it's hard for me to understand! There are people who walk away in fear of shadows and evil traces. The more they raise their feet, the more traces there are, and the faster they walk, but the shadows can't leave their bodies. , Die with all your strength. If you don’t know where the shadows are in the shadows, and where the shadows are in the quiet, you are so stupid! The son examines benevolence and righteousness, observes the similarities and differences, observes the changes of movement and stillness, accepts and takes them, and rationalizes likes and dislikes Love, and the festival of joy and anger are almost unavoidable. Carefully cultivate the body, keep the truth carefully, and return things to others, and you will not be tired. Today, if you do not cultivate the body and seek people, it is no exception! "

Confucius said in embarrassment: "May I ask what is truth?" The guest said: "The truth is the most sincere. If it is not refined or sincere, it cannot move people. Therefore, those who cry strongly are sad but not sad. Relatives, though laughing, are at odds. True sorrow mourns silently, real anger is powerful before it is expressed, true relatives are at peace without laughing. The truth is inside, and the spirit is moving outside, which is why the truth is precious. It is also used in human reason, When serving relatives, one should be kind and filial, when serving one’s lord, one should be loyal, when drinking wine one should be happy, and when one is mourning one should be mournful. Loyalty should be based on merit, drinking should be based on pleasure, mourning should be based on mourning, and serving relatives should be based on comfort. One has its traces; it doesn't matter what it is for relatives; it doesn't matter what it is; it drinks for pleasure, and it doesn't choose its accessories; it mourns for mourning, and it doesn't matter about etiquette. The etiquette is what the world does; the truth, so it is accepted. Heaven also cannot be changed naturally. Therefore, the sage respects the truth and does not stick to the vulgar. The fool does not do this. He cannot emulate the sky and be sympathetic to others. The fleas are better than the false, and they hear the greatness late!"

Confucius worshiped again and got up and said: "It's lucky to meet Qiu today. Sir, you are not ashamed, but serve him and teach him by example. Dare to ask where the house is. Please learn the way because of your career." The guest said: "I heard If you can get along with the past, you will learn the wonderful way with it; if you can’t get along with the past, you don’t know the way. Be careful not to get along with it, and you will not be blamed. You encourage me, I’m leaving my son, I’m leaving my son!” Nai Chuan And go, Yanyuan Weijian. Yan Yuan returned the chariot, and Zilu handed it over to Sui, but Confucius ignored it, waiting for the water to calm down, and then dared to ride without hearing the sound of Qing Qing.Zi asked by the car beside the road, "You have been in the service for a long time, and I have never seen my master meet people so majesticly. The master of ten thousand chariots, the king of thousands of chariots, seeing the master, it is not the case that the husband and wife are different. The master still has the appearance of arrogance." Now the fisherman's stick is held upside down, and the master's song is about to break the chime, and he responds to his words and worships. It's not too much! All the disciples blame the master, how did the fisherman get this!" Confucius sighed and said: "It's very Well, it’s hard to get rid of it! There’s a gap between being virtuous and righteous, but the heart of simplicity and contempt has not gone away. Come on, I say to you: If a husband disrespects his elders, he will be rude; People can't be inferior to others. The servants are not good enough to know the truth, so they will hurt the body. What a pity! If you are not benevolent to others, it will be a disaster, but you are good at it. And the Tao is the root of all things. Common things Those who lose will die, and those who gain will live. If you go against it, you will lose, and if you follow it, you will succeed. Therefore, where the Tao is, the sage respects it. Today's fisherman is in the Tao, and I dare not respect it!"