Zhuangzi's theory of everything is a philosophical proposition put forward by Zhuangzi, the main representative of Taoism in the Warring States Period. Among them, with romantic imagination and wonderful writing style, Zhuangzi described and discussed the events in which become a butterfly and become a butterfly were their own after waking up, and put forward the view that it is impossible for people to accurately distinguish between truth and illusion and the materialization of life and death.
Although the story is extremely short, it becomes the representative of Zhuangzi's poetic philosophy because it permeates the essence of Zhuangzi's poetic philosophy. Because it contains romantic thoughts and feelings and rich philosophical thinking about life, it has aroused many literati and poets in later generations to sing * * *, which has become a topic they often chant, the most famous of which is Li Shangyin's "Jinse", "Saint Zhuangzi daydreaming, bewitched by butterflies, and the monarch cries with cuckoos".
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Zhuang Zhou Dream Butterfly Original:
In the past, Zhuang Zhoumeng was Hu Die, a lifelike butterfly, which was a metaphor for Shi Zhi and I don't know Zhou Ye. If you suddenly feel it, you will suddenly feel it. I wonder if Zhou's dream is a dream or a dream is Zhou He? Zhou he, there are still points. This is called materialization. ("Zhuangzi's Theory of Everything")
Translation:
In the past, Zhuang Zhou dreamed that he had become a butterfly, a very vivid butterfly. How happy and comfortable he feels! I didn't know I was Zhuang Zhou. I suddenly woke up and realized that I was Zhuang Zhou. I wonder if Zhuang Zhou became a butterfly in his dream, or if the butterfly became Zhuang Zhou in his dream? There must be a difference between Zhuang Zhou and Butterfly. This can be called crop, my interaction and change.
Interpretation of connotation:
There is a quip in Zhuangzi's Theory of Everything: "In the past, Zhuang Zhoumeng was a butterfly, lifelike. This is a metaphor for his ambition. He doesn't know Zhou Ye. If you suddenly feel it, you will suddenly feel it. I wonder if Zhou's dream is a butterfly and Zhou's dream is a butterfly and? There must be differences between Zhou and Butterfly. This is called materialization. "
The Nightmare Shadow, written by Juck Zhang of A Qing Dynasty, can be called bean jelly of hot modern people. Zen can't be said, and it can't be translated. There is such a quip in "Shadow of Dreams", which can be said to point out the essence of Zhuangzi's philosophy: "Zhuang Zhoumeng Butterfly, Zhuang Zhouxing; Dream butterfly is Zhuang Zhou, and the misfortune of butterfly is also. "
Isn't it? It is Zhuang Zhou's great fortune that become a butterfly is a butterfly, moving from a noisy life to a happy life. The butterfly dream is Zhuang Zhou, and it is probably the sorrow of the butterfly to step into the noisy life from the carefree realm.
But Zhuang Zhoumeng's butterfly is his yearning realm and his yearning choice. Not everyone longs for a happy life. Butterfly dreams of Zhuang Zhou, which is the choice of butterfly and the yearning of butterfly. We can't generalize. This theory is widely used in philosophy.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Zhuang