The original text is as follows:
The geese are too cold in the pool, and they don't take pictures when crossing the pool; The wind will come and go, but the wind will not leave a sound. Therefore, in a gentleman's heart, when things come, they begin to appear, and when things go, their hearts are empty.
Interpretation: Describe the scene of geese flying over the cold pool.
Zen advocates "sweeping away the dust and seeing everything clearly", and "flying geese over the cold pool" is one of the essences, that is, "flying geese over the cold pool without taking pictures". However, how many people can really do it?
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Introduction of works
Caigen Tan is a collection of aphorisms and essays focusing on the thought of life. It adopts a citation system and combines the Confucian doctrine of the mean, Taoist inaction and Buddhist philosophy of life.
The content of Caigen Tan is a popular reading of Confucianism, which adopts the essence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, takes Zen as the core, and takes self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world as the main road. At the same time, because it combines the characteristics of philosophy, art of life and aesthetic taste, it is also a China literary work that people strive for.
Brief introduction of the author
Hong Yingming, Ming Cheng, was a Taoist at first. The place of origin is unknown, and Caigen Tan has been passed down from generation to generation. According to his other work, Wonders of Immortals and Buddhists, we know that he was keen on official career and fame in his early years, and retired from the mountains to wash his heart and worship Buddha in his later years. Around the 30th year of Wanli (1603), he once lived in Qinhuai River in Nanjing and devoted himself to writing. Have contacts with, Feng and others.
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