Source: Zhuangzi's Full Translation: On the Similarity of Things.
Dream of drinking and crying; People who dream and cry are hunting. Fang Meng Qi, I don't know his dream. In the dream, it occupies its dream, and then you know its dream. Then take a deep sleep and know the big dream, and fools think they are secretly aware of it. "Jun! Pastoral! " Solid! Autumn also dreams of women, which means that women dream of dreams.
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, travel around the world by cloud, and live and die on yourself, but what about tax incentives? "Then the sage said," Next to the sun and the moon, the universe is surrounded. Long live ginseng and become pure. "Both Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wudi yearned for immortals and pursued immortality, which can be said to be the most influential people and saints in The Theory of Everything.