There is a man named Qin who is lost in the crowd. This man seems a little different. He was a friend of Laozi before his death, but in Laozi's house, he just pressed it three times and came out. ("number" means shouting)
Laozi's disciples, puzzled, came forward and asked, "Our teacher, isn't he your friend?"
Qin lost and replied, "Yes, we are friends!" "
Disciple added, "So, are you worthy of your friend?" It means that your friend is dead, but you are not sad at all. Is it too unkind to be friends?
Qin Shihuang said, "No problem! At first, I thought you were all disciples of Laozi, which should be unusual; But now it seems that you didn't get the true biography of Laozi, and you don't deserve to be called Laozi's student. "
After criticizing the sentence, Qin Shihuang went on to say: "When I went in just now, I saw an old man crying, just like crying for his son;" There are still young people crying, just like crying their own mother. Among these people, there must be people who don't want to cry but still want to cry, and there must be people who don't want to say but still want to say it. These are against nature and human feelings! "
Qin Shi hasn't finished yet: "refusing to die is to escape the laws of nature and to be too attached to people's emotions." Forget the length of life determined by the laws of nature, that is, in ancient times-escape the punishment of nature!
Don't you forget that Lao Tzu was born at the right time; It's natural to die when it's time to go. "
Laozi himself advocates conforming to heaven and transcending secular desires, even if life and death do not disturb the heart.
People, except life and death, see through the truth of life and death, can accept all changes at any time with a clear conscience, and naturally feel relieved.
After the death of Laozi, his disciples indulged others in crying and crying in the mourning hall, and let out their sadness at will. Seeing the true feelings of Qin's loss, they not only didn't understand, but went forward to ask questions, indicating that they didn't have a real biography of Laozi at all. That's why I was criticized by Qin.
This story, from another angle, is only suitable for self-study and college students, but not for being a teacher. There are so many students that no one can say for sure. A funeral exposed the level of students.
This is the last story told by Zhuangzi in Lord of Health Preservation, which is about Zhuangzi's way of maintaining material life and spiritual life. Let us know how Zhuangzi views the purpose of life and the value of life.