Because "it is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes." Converted.
This is a very meaningful sentence, which is often quoted.
In troubled times, those true feelings don't need a thousand words, just this sentence: "Jianghu can't help but forget each other, and Tianya can only welcome the dust."
Source: Inside Zhuangzi.
When the spring is dry, it is better to forget the fish when they are on land. It's better to forget it than to be arrogant. My husband took my figure, worked for me to make a living, married me to death. Therefore, those who are good at me live and those who are good at me die. "
Original translation:
When the water source dries up, the fish are on land together, breathing water and wetting each other. It's better to forget each other in Jianghu. Instead of praising Yao and belittling him, it is better to forget the two and turn them into that. Heaven and earth give me form to bear, life gives me fatigue, old age gives me comfort, and death gives me rest. So living is a kind of enjoyment, that is, dying.
Extended data:
Zhuangzi's prose philosophy is profound and profound, and it is a treasure in China's classical works.
Therefore, Zhuangzi is not only a famous thinker in the history of China philosophy, but also an immortal essayist in the history of literature.
No matter in philosophy or literary language, he had a far-reaching and great influence on thinkers and writers in China, and occupied an extremely important position in the history of China's thoughts and literature.
Zhuangzi's articles, with peculiar imagination, changeable writing style, full of romanticism and humorous satire in the form of fables, have a great influence on the literary language of later generations.
His extraordinary imagination and unpredictable fables constitute Zhuangzi's unique and peculiar imaginary world. "Beyond the dust, strange things happen." Zhuang Zhou wrote Zhuangzi (regarded as a southern classic by Taoism), which is one of the Taoist classics.
There are 52 Zhuangzi articles recorded in the Records of Han Shu Literature and Art, and only 33 exist.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhuangzi's Internal Chapter