The original text is: Cang Xie wrote a book, but it rained and the ghost cried at night; Boyi makes a well, and Longteng Xuanyun lives in Kunlun. The more you can do, the thinner your virtue will be. Therefore, Zhou Ding's writing, so much so that the title mentions it, shows that it can't be clever.
Interpretation: In the past, when Cangjie made characters, God was worried that he would cheat Meng from now on, go to the roots and end up, abandon farming and offer a cone knife, and the world was short of food, so it rained millet; Ghosts are afraid of being exposed by books and cry at night.
When Boyi invented digging wells, the dragon was worried that the water source would be exhausted and empty, so the god of mountains and rivers moved to Kunlun to live. It is precisely that the more wisdom, the thinner virtue. Therefore, the tripod made in the Zhou Dynasty was cast into the image of a skilled craftsman, who held his finger to show that excessive intelligence was not desirable.
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The author of Huainanzi Ben Jing Xun:
Liu An (former 179- former 122), a thinker and writer in the Western Han Dynasty, was born in Pei Junfeng (now Peixian County, Jiangsu Province), the grandson of Liu Bang, the son of Emperor Gaozu, and the king of Huainan. Good at reading and playing drums, good at writing and quick thinking. Li Sao, written by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was the first work that China spoke highly of Qu Yuan and Li Sao.
He wrote Lie Hong, which was later called Huainan Lie Hong or Huainan Zi. His works are extensive and profound, integrating natural science, philosophy, history and literature, and have far-reaching influence in Asia and even the world.