Lu Yan was studying his lessons with two little guys. Each of the three had a seat, and one person faced the two at the same time, forming a triangle.
He suddenly said, "Ayan, tell Jie the story behind the move you just made to jump across the branches."
"Yes, Uncle Lu." Ji Yan saluted him first, and then turned to Jie, "A fish that swallows a boat does not swim in the branches; a swan that flies high does not gather in a pond." From "Liezi Yang Zhu".
When Yang Zhu met the King of Liang, he said that he could govern the world as if he were using the palms of his hands. The King of Liang laughed at him and said that he could not rule with only one wife and one concubine, and he could not cultivate a three-acre garden. Yang Zhu said to him: A fish that swallows a boat cannot swim in the branches; a swan is as high as a swan.
Flying, don't gather in the lake. If you will cure the great, you will not cure the small. If you achieve great success, you will not treat the small. This is what we call it."
After hearing this, Jie suddenly became angry and rarely spoke proactively: "That's not right. Difficult things in the world must be done in the easy way; big things in the world must be done in the small way. If Yang Zhu really can't even manage one wife and one concubine in the family, how can he do it?"
Why do you falsely claim that you can rule the world like the palm of your hand?"
Ji Yan was startled by him, her eyes drifted towards Lu Yan, and she said awkwardly: "Uh, Brother Jie, I'm just telling you an allusion, not arguing with you."
Jie also knew that he had lost his composure. He took a deep breath and calmed his heartbeat, "Since you are using martial arts from this allusion, you must have learned something from it. Do you think Yang Zhu is right?"
She frowned and thought carefully before replying: "The fish that swallows the boat does not swim in the branches; the swans fly high and do not gather in the pond. It is extremely far away. The Huang Zhong Dalu cannot follow the dance of the trouble, its sound
Sparse.
Brother Jie, a big fish that can swallow a boat alive cannot survive in the stream, a high-flying swan will not fall on the pond, Huang Zhong Da Lu is a piece of elegant music for grand occasions, and it is definitely not suitable to accompany complicated dances.
Everything has its good and bad qualities, and so do people. Perhaps Yang Zhu is such a person who is not good at dealing with trivial matters and can only plan the world."
"Ayan, do you believe this yourself? Even if I haven't read Yang Zhu, I still know his story about not losing money."
"In fact, Yang Zhu has never governed a country. We have no factual basis to judge whether he is talking big words. As far as I am concerned, those who will cure the big will not treat the small, and those who achieve great success will not be small. This sentence can be agreed upon.
"
Jie did not refute Ji Yan's words. He was silent for a while and asked: "Then how can we explain it? Difficult things in the world must be done in the easy way; great things in the world must be done in the small ones. This is the same as that, the general can cure the big but not the small, and achieve great success.
If it’s not small, isn’t it completely different?”
This time Ji Yan was stumped. She thought hard for a while, but she still couldn't figure out why the Taoist family was so contradictory when they bumped into each other.
Lu Yan saw Ji Yan's thinking look in his eyes and was looking forward to what kind of answer she could give.
As for Jie...he could understand why this little guy suddenly had such a strong opinion on Yang Zhu's words.
If one wife and one concubine cannot govern, how can we govern the world?
Having experienced a tragic childhood, he attaches great importance to the harmony of his parents and family. It is absolutely impossible for Yang Zhu to agree with someone like Yang Zhu who does not care about his family.
"Laozi said: The difficult things in the world must be done in the easy way; the great things in the world must be done in the small things. This means that no matter how important things are in this world, they must be based on countless small things. If you want to solve big things, you must start with small things.
.If you think so..."
Ji Yan covered his head and shook his head, and finally looked at Lu Yan with pleading eyes, "I think Yang Zhu's words make no sense again. Uncle Lu, why is this?"
Jie also turned his body a little in time to face Lu Yan.
Lu Yan was not disappointed when he saw that the two of them failed to communicate on this issue. If he really figured it out, he would be too powerful.
He used his inner strength to control the two words he had written to float in the air respectively, and explained to the two of them: "There is a problem of substituting the perspective of reading. For example, Lao Tzu said that the difficult things in the world must be made easy, and the great things in the world must be made easy.
Work in detail. As readers, when we act as readers, we consciously imagine that we have to solve a big problem. In order to solve it, we have to start from small things. This is almost an objective rule.
As for Yang Zhu's words, those who will cure the big will not cure the small, and those who will achieve great success will not be small. When we interpret it, we can detect the strong subjective consciousness of this sentence.
This sentence of Lao Tzu makes sense no matter whether you look at it subjectively or objectively.
Yang Zhu's words, when you break away from this subjective substitution and think about it objectively, you will find that it is not so valid. Its reasonable scope of application is much narrower than that of Lao Tzu."
Jie nodded frequently after hearing this, "Yes, sir, it's true. When you read Lao Tzu's words, it feels like the world is what it should be, with an inexplicable and irresistible force."
Lu Yan smiled and agreed with him. This is the greatness of Laozi's thoughts.
"One of these two sentences is an excerpt from "Tao Jing", and the other is from "Liezi Yang Zhu". The former is Laozi systematically telling us the laws of the world he discovered. When we read it, we seem to be facing the objective world;
The latter is a famous anecdote by Yang Zhu. Although it contains some truth, it is not comparable to the former."
This is like a dimensionality reduction blow. Of course it makes sense for Ji Yan to think about Yang Zhu's words alone. But once he collides with Lao Tzu's words, he can detect this gap in universality and objectivity.
The two boys were still thinking about it. Lu Yan saw the light in their eyes and smiled knowingly.
Um?
He turned to look outside and found Ju Shuang leaning against the window and staring here. He made a "shh" gesture and told her not to make any noise to disturb the two children's thinking.
Ju Shuang saw Lu Yan put his finger on his mouth, his lips formed an O shape, and stretched his neck to stare. He covered his mouth with one hand and smiled. He nodded lightly and moved away like the breeze blowing through the willows.
Lu Yan saw her leaving the window and returned his gaze to the two children.
Ju Shuang pressed his back against the wall, holding the skirt of his chest with one hand, biting his lower lip with his teeth.
If the days to come are like this, I...
She closed her eyes and leaned against the wall. She could vaguely hear Lu Yan talking to the child. After listening in silence for a while, she took steps to leave.
While Lu Yan inside was speaking, he glanced here doubtfully.
The days of the Imperial Prefect's Mansion were moving forward like this. No one except Ehuang knew anything about Ju Shuang's hidden thoughts under the family affection.
Lu Yan himself enjoyed this peaceful life. Not even half a month later, he was dragged out of the Imperial Prefect's residence by a piece of news from the north.
The Hu people went south and actually broke through the Zhao Great Wall. Even Li Hong and Sima Shang of Shangjun suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Hu people.
This news suddenly caused huge waves in the Qin State, which had been going smoothly all year.