The philosophy of Zhuangzi is a philosophy of freedom
Zhuangzi thought people need to be aware of their own existence and should't always perceive oneself in comparison with others. one shouldn't laugh at the little sparrow in its small self-contained world, nor should be envy the great peng bird in its grandeur
Most people only understand the advantage of usefulness, very few understand the benefits of uselessness. (useful tree will be hacked down and useless remain alive) useful and useless, achievement and failure are all relative, none are consistent over time,use more clever way to go about and transcend them.
Standards are different for all things,the standard set by man is by no means the only certain standard. Man-made knowledge, morality, and laws all work against nature, just like a horse's harness and a bull's nose ring. sometimes intellegence is the means that can take one's own life.(in ancient time, war strategists often die at battles)
A craftsman can only teach his sdtudent what round and square mean, but he can't pass on the skill itself. A fencing instructor can teach you the necessary positions, but he can't make you a great swordsman. A lover of books often thinks that the words are of great values, but it is actually the meaning that is valuable.
Only those who have great doubts can be truly enlightened (fool always believes that he is enlightened)
Change is the law of nature so does Dao Dao great doubts music of natural mystic of uncertainty ceaseless transformation
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Most people only understand the advantage of usefulness, very few understand the benefits of uselessness. (useful tree will be hacked down and useless remain alive)
useful and useless, achievement and failure are all relative, none are consistent over time,use more clever way to go about and transcend them.
Standards are different for all things,the standard set by man is by no means the only certain standard. Man-made knowledge, morality, and laws all work against nature, just like a horse's harness and a bull's nose ring. sometimes intellegence is the means that can take one's own life.(in ancient time, war strategists often die at battles)
A craftsman can only teach his sdtudent what round and square mean, but he can't pass on the skill itself. A fencing instructor can teach you the necessary positions, but he can't make you a great swordsman. A lover of books often thinks that the words are of great values, but it is actually the meaning that is valuable.
Only those who have great doubts can be truly enlightened (fool always believes that he is enlightened)
Change is the law of nature so does Dao
Dao
great doubts
music of natural
mystic of uncertainty
ceaseless transformation