Liezi is a compilation of Liezi, Liezi's disciples and Liezi's later works. The book consists of eight chapters 140, which consists of philosophical essays, fables, fairy tales and historical stories. Basically, it expresses subtle philosophy in the form of fables.
* * * Myths and Fables 102. For example, there are 19 Huangdi seals, 1 1 Zhou Muwang seals and 30 Fu Shuo seals. These myths, fables and philosophical papers are full of wisdom.
Every word in Liezi, regardless of its length, has its own system and theme, which embodies wisdom and philosophy, is easy to understand and interesting. As long as we read them one by one and appreciate them carefully, we can gain something, which can be compared with Aesop's fables in ancient Greece.
About the author: Liezi, named Yukou, was born in Putian (Xigucheng Village, Baisha Township), a thinker and fable writer in the period of Wei Liewang in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Lieyukou was born in Putian (now Zhengzhou City, Henan Province) during the Warring States Period.
A famous representative of Taoism, a famous thinker, fable and writer. It has a far-reaching influence on philosophy, literature, science and technology and religion of later generations. The author of Liezi. At that time, because people used to add a word "Zi" after the surname of a learned person to show respect, Lieyukou was also called "Liezi".
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Liezi's book has generally gone through three stages:
1. After Liezi died, his disciples sorted out more than eight articles according to his activities and remarks.
2. On this basis, the Han people collected 20 articles collected by public and private institutions, and revised them into eight articles, which became the number of eight articles recorded in Han Shu Yi Wen Zhi.
3. According to the collection of Zhang Zhan's ancestors and the incomplete volumes collected after the war. "Whether you attend school or not is complete". According to the eight articles recorded in Hanshu Yiwenzhi, this edition of Liezi was compiled.
Because in the process of compilation, in order to dredge the text and connect the chapters, some of Zhang Zhan's own thoughts and some of his compiled contents will inevitably be added, so this edition of Liezi is mixed with some thoughts and languages of Wei Jin people, which is understandable. Liezi, written in three times, is inevitably miscellaneous. See the preface of Zhang Qinghua's Collection of Taoist Scriptures.
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