"Therefore, anyone who does not study but pursues the Tao is a person from the north who has not learned anything." This sentence means:
So whoever does not study hard and devotes himself to pursuing the Tao They are all people who learn to dive like those in the north.
Note:
Mi: means diving; Fan: means everything; therefore: therefore.
Source: "A Metaphor of the Sun" - Su Shi?
Original text:
Those who are born blind do not know the sun, but those who ask about it have eyes. Or tell him: "The sun is like a copper plate." You can get the sound by buckling the plate. Hearing the bell one day, he thought it was the sun. Or tell him: "The light of the sun is like a candle." You can get its shape by touching the candle. If you think about the sun in the future, you will think of it as the sun.
The Tao is even more difficult to see than the sun, and the failure of a person to reach it is no different than a dream. Experts tell me that although there are clever examples and good guidance, they are not as good as the disk and the candle. Is it possible to see a bell from a plate, or a bell from a bell, and then turn around to look at it? Those who talk about the Tao in the old world either name it based on what they see, or they don’t see it and mean it. All of them are seeking the Tao.
But the Taoist soldier cannot ask for help? Su Zi said: "The way can be achieved but cannot be sought." What is Zhi? Sun Wu said: "Those who are good at fighting can lead to others, but not to others." Zixia said: "One hundred Work and live in a place to achieve his goals; a gentleman learns to achieve his goals. "There is no water in the south, so the sun lives with water." You can wade at the age of seven, float at the age of ten, and sink at the age of fifteen. How can one live in peace without his husband? There will definitely be someone who finds the way to water. If the sun lives with water, then you will be able to find its way at the age of fifteen; if you are born without knowing water, you will be afraid of boats even though you are strong. Therefore, the brave men in the north, if they ask no one why they drowned, there will be no one who will not drown in the river. Therefore, those who do not learn but pursue the Tao are those in the north who have lost their learning.
In the past, scholars were selected based on sound and law, and scholars studied miscellaneously but were not committed to the Tao. In today's world, scholars are selected based on classics and skills. Scholars know how to seek the Tao but do not study. Wu Junyan of Bohai was aspiring to be a scholar, so Fang Qiu recommended him to the Ministry of Rites and wrote "Ri Yu" to inform him.
About the author:
Su Shi (January 8, 1037 - August 24, 1101), also known as Zizhan, also known as Hezhong, also known as Dongpo Jushi, known in the world as Su Dongpo, Su Xian. Han nationality, a native of Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Meishan City, Sichuan Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty. His ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province. He is a famous writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty.
In the second year of Jiayou's reign (1057), Su Shi became a Jinshi. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, he served in Fengxiang, Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou and other places. In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), he was framed for the "Wutai Poetry Case" and was demoted to Huangzhou as deputy envoy of Tuanlian. After Zhezong of the Song Dynasty came to the throne, he served as a bachelor of Hanlin, a bachelor of imperial examination, and a minister of the Ministry of Rites. He also went to Hangzhou, Yingzhou, Yangzhou, Dingzhou and other places. In his later years, he was demoted to Huizhou and Danzhou because of the new party's rule. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was pardoned and returned to the north, but died of illness in Changzhou on the way. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, he was posthumously given the title of Grand Master, with the posthumous title "Wenzhong".