From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period thinker Zhuangzi's "On the Homology of Things".
The original excerpt is as follows:
Husband, the world is no bigger than the end of Qiu Hao, and Mount Tai is small; Moshou died, but Peng Zu died. Heaven and earth are born with me, and everything is one with me. Since it is one, is it speechless? One plus one equals two, two plus one equals three. From then on, Li Qiao can't get it anymore, but the situation is so ordinary! Therefore, since it has nothing to do with it, it is three consecutive years, and the situation is conceited! I don't know what to do, because it has already happened.
The translation is as follows:
The whole world will not be bigger than Qiu Haojian's head in reality, but the tangible mountains are small by comparison; Our life expectancy will not be longer than that of children who died young in China and Britain. In contrast, Peng Zu, who lived for 800 years, died young. This proves that heaven and earth and we are born because of the wonderful use of Tao, that everything is an ontology with us, and that there is no difference between people and everything.
Since heaven, earth, people and everything are one ontology, there is no difference. Why do I have different understandings of heaven, earth and people? Since we think they are all different individuals, how can we have different understandings of heaven, earth, people and everything? When the reality of Tao is expressed in words, it becomes the second metaphor of words, and when the metaphor of Tao is expressed in words, it becomes the third illusion of consciousness.
Since the truth of Tao has become a metaphor of words and then an illusion of consciousness, even the most skilled people can't figure it out, let alone the illusion of consciousness that will inevitably form in the future!
From the unspeakable reality of Tao, it can be a metaphor of words and even an illusion of consciousness, not to mention the illusion of consciousness and then a metaphor of words! It can be seen that the delusion of consciousness will never end and then become the delusion of consciousness, because delusion will appear one after another.
Extended data:
Creation background
The word "Xi Zhe" in the last paragraph of On Wuqi provides conclusive evidence for inferring the age of his works. Zhuangzi died in 286 BC at the end of the Warring States Period. "Xi Zhe" indicates that it was long after the death of Zhuangzi, and it is possible to infer that it was between Qin and Han Dynasties. Literally, it is also a tone that will be remembered by future generations.
On Wuqi is different from the general works in the pre-Qin period. At that time, there were few special topics in the works. They all wrote chapters first, and then either took the numbers in the first sentence or took two words to solve the problem. Their special topics were meaningless. The Theory of Everything is rare in ancient books because of its famous works. Although The Analects of Confucius was widely used in the early Han Dynasty, such as On Qin and On Salt and Iron. That is to say, the 33 propositions in Zhuangzi have three meanings and two titles besides discussing things, and none of them are based on theory. From this, it can be proved that it should be written between Qin and Han dynasties, and the famous articles began to be discussed.
Judging from the content of "The Theory of Everything", it does have the ideological characteristics of the times during the Qin and Han Dynasties, such as the description of the Supreme: "The Supreme is God! Osawa burns but not hot, rivers are cold but not cold, thunder breaks mountains, and the wind vibrates the sea but not surprised. If that's the case, what about the tax benefits if you travel around the world on a cloud? " Then the sage said, "the side of the sun and the moon is around the universe." Long live ginseng and become refined. " Both Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi yearned for immortals and pursued immortality, which can be said to be influenced by the most influential people and saints in The Theory of Everything.
The Theory of Everything also incorporates the theories of Shendao, Gongsun Long and Laozi, so the earliest period of this theory should not be before Shenzi, Gongsun and Laozi were written, but Shenzi and Gongsun were written in the late Warring States period before Qin and Han Dynasties. However, there are different opinions about the time when Laozi was written, but most people tend to write it in the Warring States period.
Since The Theory of Everything absorbed the contents of Shenzi, Gongsun Zilong and Laozi, its completion date must be after these books, not earlier than the late Warring States period.