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Human beings have a long history in the universe. Maybe even children know that we are in the universe now. The sun and moon in the sky, and the earth is elliptical.
But throughout the ages, countless talented people and strangers have described different views of the universe. More than 2,000 years ago, Zhuangzi 's view of the universe still seems very scientific even in the present.
Things are natural
First of all, we must know that Zhuangzi is a very famous philosopher in the history of our country.
And his contribution to history is also irreplaceable. He was born in an environment where hundred schools of thought contend with . At that time, all kinds of ideas and third-rate and nine schools were very popular.
Zhuangzi overcomes all obstacles for the promotion of Taoist culture in this well-known environment.
What exactly did Zhuangzi, more than two thousand years ago, have the understanding of the universe?
First of all, Zhuangzi is not the first person in China to study the universe. In fact, some people were studying it before him, but the remarks made by Zhuangzi and theirs were different.
For example, Laozi believes that you can't explain the universe clearly. No one knows how it was formed, and no one knows how it was born.
may hear this. You will think what Zhuangzi said seems a bit far-fetched. It is precisely because we do not have a deep understanding of the universe that once we talk about the topic of the universe, we can only be ambiguous.
But you should know that in the Zhuangzi era, people still believed that the monarch's power was granted divinely. In such an era, it is rare for Zhuangzi to still look at everything in the world with the concept of dialectical materialism.
But according to his research, the result people can get is: the universe appears first than the sky, and there is already a universe before everything in this world has existed. And the sky mentioned by Zhuangzi here is the earth where we live.
In addition, Zhuangzi also anthropomorphizes the stars. He said that every star has its own temper, they will only exercise in their own way and will abide by their own operating rules.
The world we are in is created by tiny matter, and even humans are created by the universe, so we have no way to describe this universe.
Zhuangzi also believes that the space we live in has its own rules, and this rule cannot be resisted. This law includes birth, old age, sickness and death, spring, summer, autumn and winter, and all things in this world have certain laws.
But humans diverge from this law. Zhuangzi said: People should follow the law and let themselves give up the behavior of resisting this law. Only by achieving the unity of man and nature can they adapt to this law.
Heaven and man are united
In addition, he also proposed that humans should also be part of nature and have the same root and origin as all things.
It is only because of the intersection of various behaviors and thoughts of human beings that human beings slowly deviate from this law. Our behavior that diverges from the laws will make humans incompatible with the universe.
For example, we now see that humans actually have all the rights to dominate the earth, but they still live in the laws of nature.
Due to the excessive development of human beings, it will eventually warm up . In order to survive, human beings have to propose various energy conservation and emission reduction. This is just that the laws in this universe are controlling our development.
Zhuangzi's thoughts do not seem to be a theological or fantasy view, but a philosophical theory worthy of study until now.
The rule studied by Zhuangzi is different from the various previous concepts of gods and ghosts we have seen. Zhuangzi insists on studying the laws of change in nature, and his theory says that people first understand nature, know the changes in the laws of nature, and then adapt to changes.
For example, when the weather is hot, you should wear less clothes, and when the weather is cold, you should add more clothes. So how should people who Zhuang Zhou believe follow the rules?
He also gave an answer: Zhuangzi said that he had dreamed that he had become a dancing butterfly, still soaring in the vast sky.
Zhuangzi thought that this dream was so real, and at the same time, he felt very happy in the dream. So much so that he didn't remember that he was still the same person in the end, and he was even more unwilling to think about what to do in the future.
But at this time, he woke up from his dream, and Zhuang Zhou himself became very confused again. Did I, Zhuang Zhou, have a dream, in which I became a butterfly or was I a butterfly before?
This illusion is believed to be more likely to resonate with people because many times people will feel that something has happened but has no relevant memories. When we are confused by chance, we can't tell which of the past memories or dreams is more real.
Respect the rules
Although the butterfly in this dream is completely incompatible with Zhuang Zhou, Zhuangzi used his own thoughts to break this boundary and believed that the butterfly is himself and he is a butterfly.
, all things in the universe, seem to be able to change with each other using this idealistic dialectical theory.
If the sky and the earth are a melting pot, then this rule is formulated by a blacksmith who specializes in blacksmithing.
And Zhuangzi and everything in this world are a piece of iron in this furnace, and the original state of all living things is the same, and we individuals do not even recognize the death in the world.
Zhuang Zhou believes that this worldly death should be a kind of reincarnation change and a thing worth celebrating. According to the "Historical Book", after Zhuangzi's wife passed away, Zhuangzi's good friend Hui Shi went to Zhuangzi's house to worship. He found Zhuangzi sitting in front of his wife's spiritual seat. Not only did he not wail loudly, but he sang a song aside.
Hui Shi was shocked after reading it. He felt that Zhuangzi was too unhuman at this time. But Zhuangzi retorted that my wife passed away. At first, I was also very sad and sad, but when I thought about her most primitive state, she was also lifeless, and it was not until later that life was formed due to the laws of nature.
Now that the wife has passed away, isn’t this person’s life and death like what we call spring, summer, autumn and winter, repeating over and over again?
Zhuangzi said that although my wife is not in the world now, she still exists between the world. If I kept wailing loudly beside her, would I object to the laws of nature? So Zhuangzi did not cry, but sang.
It seems that we really know which laws of nature are right and which are wrong? Everyone has different ideas.
View everything in the universe with Zhuangzi's logic. Perhaps we cannot objectively understand its true appearance, but it may open up the pattern.
Each of us comes to this world and has different experiences, so everyone’s ideas are very different. However, Zhuangzi encouraged future generations to stand at a higher place to observe more things. Only when we have a big vision can we find that we cannot judge right or wrong.
All we can do is follow the rules.
