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《庄子 - Zhuangzi》 | [Warring States] 350 BC-250 BC English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《庄子》 Library Resources Source Related resources |
《内篇 - Inner Chapters》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Library Resources |
《逍遥游 - Enjoyment in Untroubled Ease》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《逍遥游》 Library Resources |
| 1 | 逍遥游: | 北冥有鱼，其名为鲲。鲲之大，不知其几千里也。化而为鸟，其名为鹏。鹏之背，不知其几千里也；怒而飞，其翼若垂天之云。是鸟也，海运则将徙于南冥。南冥者，天池也。齐谐者，志怪者也。谐之言曰：“鹏之徙于南冥也，水击三千里，抟扶摇而上者九万里，去以六月息者也。”野马也，尘埃也，生物之以息相吹也。天之苍苍，其正色邪？其远而无所至极邪？其视下也亦若是，则已矣。且夫水之积也不厚，则负大舟也无力。覆杯水于坳堂之上，则芥为之舟，置杯焉则胶，水浅而舟大也。风之积也不厚，则其负大翼也无力。故九万里则风斯在下矣，而后乃今培风；背负青天而莫之夭阏者，而后乃今将图南。蜩与学鸠笑之曰：“我决起而飞，枪1榆、枋，时则不至而控于地而已矣，奚以之九万里而南为？”适莽苍者三湌而反，腹犹果然；适百里者宿舂粮；适千里者三月聚粮。之二虫又何知！小知不及大知，小年不及大年。奚以知其然也？朝菌不知晦朔，蟪蛄不知春秋，此小年也。楚之南有冥灵者，以五百岁为春，五百岁为秋；上古有大椿者，以八千岁为春，八千岁为秋。而彭祖乃今以久特闻，众人匹之，不亦悲乎！ |
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In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, the name of which is Kun - I do not know how many li in size. It changes into a bird with the name of Peng, the back of which is (also) - I do not know how many li in extent. When this bird rouses itself and flies, its wings are like clouds all round the sky. When the sea is moved (so as to bear it along), it prepares to remove to the Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean is the Pool of Heaven. There is the (book called) Qi Xie, a record of marvels. We have in it these words: 'When the peng is removing to the Southern Ocean it flaps (its wings) on the water for 3000 li. Then it ascends on a whirlwind 90,000 li, and it rests only at the end of six months.' (But similar to this is the movement of the breezes which we call) the horses of the fields, of the dust (which quivers in the sunbeams), and of living things as they are blown against one another by the air. Is its azure the proper colour of the sky? Or is it occasioned by its distance and illimitable extent? If one were looking down (from above), the very same appearance would just meet his view. And moreover, (to speak of) the accumulation of water; if it be not great, it will not have strength to support a large boat. Upset a cup of water in a cavity, and a straw will float on it as if it were a boat. Place a cup in it, and it will stick fast; the water is shallow and the boat is large. (So it is with) the accumulation of wind; if it be not great, it will not have strength to support great wings. Therefore (the peng ascended to) the height of 90,000 li, and there was such a mass of wind beneath it; thenceforth the accumulation of wind was sufficient. As it seemed to bear the blue sky on its back, and there was nothing to obstruct or arrest its course, it could pursue its way to the South. A cicada and a little dove laughed at it, saying, 'We make an effort and fly towards an elm or sapanwood tree; and sometimes before we reach it, we can do no more but drop to the ground. Of what use is it for this (creature) to rise 90,000 li, and make for the South?' He who goes to the grassy suburbs, returning to the third meal (of the day), will have his belly as full as when he set out; he who goes to a distance of 100 li will have to pound his grain where he stops for the night; he who goes a thousand li, will have to carry with him provisions for three months. What should these two small creatures know about the matter? The knowledge of that which is small does not reach to that which is great; (the experience of) a few years does not reach to that of many. How do we know that it is so? The mushroom of a morning does not know (what takes place between) the beginning and end of a month; the short-lived cicada does not know (what takes place between) the spring and autumn. These are instances of a short term of life. In the south of Chu there is the (tree) called Ming-ling, whose spring is 500 years, and its autumn the same; in high antiquity there was that called Da-chun, whose spring was 8000 years, and its autumn the same. And Peng Zu is the one man renowned to the present day for his length of life: if all men were (to wish) to match him, would they not be miserable? 1. 枪 : Originally read: "抢". 据《四部丛刊》本改。 | |
| 2 | 逍遥游: | 汤之问棘也是已。穷发之北，有冥海者，天池也。有鱼焉，其广数千里，未有知其修者，其名为鲲。有鸟焉，其名为鹏，背若泰山，翼若垂天之云，抟扶摇羊角而上者九万里，绝云气，负青天，然后图南，且适南冥也。斥鴳笑之曰：“彼且奚适也？我腾跃而上，不过数仞而下，翱翔蓬蒿之间，此亦飞之至也。而彼且奚适也？”此小大之辩也。 |
| Enjoyment in Untroubled Ease:...: | In the questions put by Tang to Ji we have similar statements: 'In the bare and barren north there is the dark and vast ocean - the Pool of Heaven. In it there is a fish, several thousand li in breadth, while no one knows its length. Its name is the kun. There is (also) a bird named the peng; its back is like the Tai mountain, while its wings are like clouds all round the sky. On a whirlwind it mounts upwards as on the whorls of a goat's horn for 90,000 li, till, far removed from the cloudy vapours, it bears on its back the blue sky, and then it shapes its course for the South, and proceeds to the ocean there.' A quail by the side of a marsh laughed at it, and said, 'Where is it going to? I spring up with a bound, and come down again when I have reached but a few fathoms, and then fly about among the brushwood and bushes; and this is the perfection of flying. Where is that creature going to?' This shows the difference between the small and the great. |
《德充符 - The Seal of Virtue Complete》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《德充符》 Library Resources |
| 1 | 德充符: | 鲁有兀者王骀，从之游者，与仲尼相若。常季问于仲尼曰：“王骀，兀者也，从之游者，与夫子中分鲁。立不教，坐不议，虚而往，实而归。固有不言之教，无形而心成者邪？是何人也？”仲尼曰：“夫子，圣人也。丘也，直后而未往耳。丘将以为师，而况不如丘者乎！奚假鲁国！丘将引天下而与从之。”常季曰：“彼兀者也，而王先生，其与庸亦远矣。若然者，其用心也，独若之何？”仲尼曰：“死生亦大矣，而不得与之变，虽天地覆坠，亦将不与之遗。审乎无假，而不与物迁，命物之化，而守其宗也。”常季曰：“何谓也？”仲尼曰：“自其异者视之，肝胆楚越也；自其同者视之，万物皆一也。夫若然者，且不知耳目之所宜，而游心于德之和，物视其所一，而不见其所丧，视丧其足，犹遗土也。”常季曰：“彼为己，以其知得其心，以其心得其常心，物何为最之哉？”仲尼曰：“人莫鉴于流水，而鉴于止水，唯止能止众止。受命于地，唯松柏独也在，冬夏青青；受命于天，唯舜独也正，幸能正生，以正众生。夫保始之徵，不惧之实。勇士一人，雄入于九军。将求名而能自要者，而犹若此，而况官天地，府万物，直寓六骸，象耳目，一知之所知，而心未尝死者乎！彼且择日而登假，人则从是也。彼且何肯以物为事乎！” |
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In Lu there was a Wang Tai who had lost both his feet; while his disciples who followed and went about with him were as numerous as those of Zhongni. Chang Ji asked Zhongni about him, saying, 'Though Wang Tai is a cripple, the disciples who follow him about divide Lu equally with you, Master. When he stands, he does not teach them; when he sits, he does not discourse to them. But they go to him empty, and come back full. Is there indeed such a thing as instruction without words? and while the body is imperfect, may the mind be complete? What sort of man is he?' Zhongni replied, 'This master is a sage. I have only been too late in going to him. I will make him my teacher; and how much more should those do so who are not equal to me! Why should only the state of Lu follow him? I will lead on all under heaven with me to do so.' Chang Ji rejoined, 'He is a man who has lost his feet, and yet he is known as the venerable Wang - he must be very different from ordinary men. What is the peculiar way in which he employs his mind?' The reply was, 'Death and life are great considerations, but they could work no change in him. Though heaven and earth were to be overturned and fall, they would occasion him no loss. His judgment is fixed regarding that in which there is no element of falsehood; and, while other things change, he changes not. The transformations of things are to him the developments prescribed for them, and he keeps fast hold of the author of them.' Chang Ji said, 'What do you mean?' 'When we look at things,' said Zhongni, 'as they differ, we see them to be different, (as for instance) the liver and the gall, or Chu and Yue; when we look at them, as they agree, we see them all to be a unity. So it is with this (Wang Tai). He takes no knowledge of the things for which his ears and eyes are the appropriate organs, but his mind delights itself in the harmony of (all excellent) qualities. He looks at the unity which belongs to things, and does not perceive where they have suffered loss. He looks on the loss of his feet as only the loss of so much earth.' Chang Ji said, 'He is entirely occupied with his (proper) self. By his knowledge he has discovered (the nature of) his mind, and to that he holds as what is unchangeable; but how is it that men make so much of him?' The reply was, 'Men do not look into running water as a mirror, but into still water - it is only the still water that can arrest them all, and keep them (in the contemplation of their real selves). Of things which are what they are by the influence of the earth, it is only the pine and cypress which are the best instances - in winter as in summer brightly green. Of those which were what they were by the influence of Heaven, the most correct examples were Yao and Shun; fortunate in (thus) maintaining their own life correct, and so as to correct the lives of others. As a verification of the (power of) the original endowment, when it has been preserved, take the result of fearlessness - how the heroic spirit of a single brave soldier has been thrown into an army of nine hosts. If a man only seeking for fame and able in this way to secure it can produce such an effect, how much more (may we look for a greater result) from one whose rule is over heaven and earth, and holds all things in his treasury, who simply has his lodging in the six members of his body, whom his ears and eyes serve but as conveying emblematic images of things, who comprehends all his knowledge in a unity, and whose mind never dies! If such a man were to choose a day on which he would ascend far on high, men would (seek to) follow him there. But how should he be willing to occupy himself with other men?' |
《大宗师 - The Great and Most Honoured Master》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《大宗师》 Library Resources |
| 8 | 大宗师: | 意而子见许由，许由曰：“尧何以资汝？”意而子曰：“尧谓我：‘汝必躬服仁义，而明言是非。’”许由曰：“而奚为来轵？夫尧既已黥汝以仁义，而劓汝以是非矣，汝将何以游夫遥荡、恣睢、转徙之途乎？”意而子曰：“虽然，吾愿游于其藩。”许由曰：“不然。夫盲者无以与乎眉目颜色之好，瞽者无以与乎青黄黼黻之观。”意而子曰：“夫无庄之失其美，据梁之失其力，黄帝之亡其知，皆在炉捶之间耳。庸讵知夫造物者之不息我黥而补我劓，使我乘成以随先生邪？”许由曰：“噫！未可知也。我为汝言其大略。吾师乎！吾师乎！齑万物而不为义，泽及万世而不为仁，长于上古而不为老，覆载天地、刻雕众形而不为巧。此所游已。” |
| The Great and Most...: | Yi-er Zi having gone to see Xu You, the latter said to him, 'What benefit have you received from Yao?' The reply was, 'Yao says to me, You must yourself labour at benevolence and righteousness, and be able to tell clearly which is right and which wrong (in conflicting statements).' Xu You rejoined, 'Why then have you come to me? Since Yao has put on you the brand of his benevolence and righteousness, and cut off your nose with his right and wrong, how will you be able to wander in the way of aimless enjoyment, of unregulated contemplation, and the ever-changing forms (of dispute)?' Yi-er Zi said, 'That may be; but I should like to skirt along its hedges.' 'But,' said the other, 'it cannot be. Eyes without pupils can see nothing of the beauty of the eyebrows, eyes, and other features; the blind have nothing to do with the green, yellow, and variegated colours of the sacrificial robes.' Yi-er Zi rejoined, 'Yet, when Wu-zhuang lost his beauty, Ju-liang his strength, and Huang-Di his wisdom, they all (recovered them) under the moulding (of your system) - how do you know that the Maker will not obliterate the marks of my branding, and supply my dismemberment, so that, again perfect in my form, I may follow you as my teacher?' Xu You said, 'Ah! that cannot yet be known. I will tell you the rudiments. 0 my Master! 0 my Master! He gives to all things their blended qualities, and does not count it any righteousness; His favours reach to all generations, and He does not count it any benevolence; He is more ancient than the highest antiquity, and does not count Himself old; He overspreads heaven and supports the earth; He carves and fashions all bodily forms, and does not consider it any act of skill;-- this is He in whom I find my enjoyment.' |
《外篇 - Outer Chapters》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Library Resources |
《骈拇 - Webbed Toes》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《骈拇》 Library Resources |
| 1 | 骈拇: | 骈拇枝指，出乎性哉！而侈于德。附赘县疣，出乎形哉！而侈于性。多方乎仁义而用之者，列于五藏哉！而非道德之正也。是故骈于足者，连无用之肉也；枝于手者，树无用之指也；多方骈枝于五藏之情者，淫僻于仁义之行，而多方于聪明之用也。是故骈于明者，乱五色，淫文章，青黄黼黻之煌煌非乎？而离朱是已。多于聪者，乱五声，淫六律，金石、丝竹，黄钟、大吕之声非乎？而师旷是已。枝于仁者，擢德塞性以收名声，使天下簧鼓以奉不及之法非乎？而曾、史是已。骈于辩者，累瓦结绳窜句，游心于坚白同异之间，而敝跬誉无用之言非乎？而杨、墨是已。故此皆多骈旁枝之道，非天下之至正也。彼正正者，不失其性命之情。故合者不为骈，而枝者不为跂；长者不为有馀，短者不为不足。是故凫胫虽短，续之则忧；鹤胫虽长，断之则悲。故性长非所断，性短非所续，无所去忧也。意仁义其非人情乎！彼仁人何其多忧也？且夫骈于拇者，决之则泣；枝于手者，齕之则啼。二者或有馀于数，或不足于数，其于忧一也。今世之仁人，蒿目而忧世之患；不仁之人，决性命之情而饕富贵。故意仁义其非人情乎！自三代以下者，天下何其嚣嚣也？ |
| Webbed Toes: | A ligament uniting the big toe with the other toes and an extra finger may be natural growths, but they are more than is good for use. Excrescences on the person and hanging tumours are growths from the body, but they are unnatural additions to it. There are many arts of benevolence and righteousness, and the exercise of them is distributed among the five viscera; but this is not the correct method according to the characteristics of the Dao. Thus it is that the addition to the foot is but the attachment to it of so much useless flesh, and the addition to the hand is but the planting on it of a useless finger. (So it is that) the connecting (the virtues) with the five viscera renders, by excess or restraint, the action of benevolence and righteousness bad, and leads to many arts as in the employment of (great) powers of hearing or of vision. Therefore an extraordinary power of vision leads to the confusion of the five colours and an excessive use of ornament. (Its possessor), in the resplendence of his green and yellow, white and black, black and green, will not stop till he has become a Li Zhu. An extraordinary power of hearing leads to a confusion of the five notes, and an excessive use of the six musical accords. (Its possessor), in bringing out the tones from the instruments of metal, stone, silk, and bamboo, aided by the Huang-zhong and Da-lu (tubes), will not stop till he has become a Shi Kuang. (So), excessive benevolence eagerly brings out virtues and restrains its (proper) nature, that (its possessor) may acquire a famous reputation, and cause all the organs and drums in the world to celebrate an unattainable condition; and he will not stop till he has become a Zeng (Shen) or a Shi (Qiu). An extraordinary faculty in debating leads to the piling up of arguments like a builder with his bricks, or a netmaker with his string. (Its possessor) cunningly contrives his sentences and enjoys himself in discussing what hardness is and what whiteness is, where views agree and where they differ, and pressing on, though weary, with short steps, with (a multitude of) useless words to make good his opinion; nor will he stop till he has become a Yang (Zhu) or Mo (Di). But in all these cases the parties, with their redundant and divergent methods, do not proceed by that which is the correct path for all under the sky. That which is the perfectly correct path is not to lose the real character of the nature with which we are endowed. Hence the union (of parts) should not be considered redundance, nor their divergence superfluity; what is long should not be considered too long, nor what is short too short. A duck's legs, for instance, are short, but if we try to lengthen them, it occasions pain; and a crane's legs are long, but if we try to cut off a portion of them, it produces grief. Where a part is by nature long, we are not to amputate, or where it is by nature short, we are not to lengthen it. There is no occasion to try to remove any trouble that it may cause. The presumption is that benevolence and righteousness are not constituents of humanity; for to how much anxiety does the exercise of them give rise! Moreover when another toe is united to the great toe, to divide the membrane makes you weep; and when there is an extra finger, to gnaw it off makes you cry out. In the one case there is a member too many, and in the other a member too few; but the anxiety and pain which they cause is the same. The benevolent men of the present age look at the evils of the world, as with eyes full of dust, and are filled with sorrow by them, while those who are not benevolent, having violently altered the character of their proper nature, greedily pursue after riches and honours. The presumption therefore is that benevolence and righteousness are contrary to the nature of man - how full of trouble and contention has the world been ever since the three dynasties began! |
《天地 - Heaven and Earth》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《天地》 Library Resources |
| 15 | 天地: | 百年之木，破为牺尊，青黄而文之，其断在沟中。比牺尊于沟中之断，则美恶有间矣，其于失性一也。跖与曾、史，行义有间矣，然其失性均也。且夫失性有五：一曰五色乱目，使目不明；二曰五声乱耳，使耳不聪；三曰五臭薰鼻，困惾中颡；四曰五味浊口，使口厉爽；五曰趣舍滑心，使性飞扬。此五者，皆生之害也。而杨、墨乃始离跂自以为得，非吾所谓得也。夫得者困，可以为得乎？则鸠鴞之在于笼也，亦可以为得矣。且夫趣舍声色以柴其内，皮弁、鹬冠、搢笏、绅修以约其外，内支盈于柴栅，外重纆缴，睆睆然在纆缴之中而自以为得，则是罪人交臂、历指，而虎豹在于囊槛，亦可以为得矣。 |
| Heaven and Earth: |
From a tree a hundred years old a portion shall be cut and fashioned into a sacrificial vase, with the bull figured on it, which is ornamented further with green and yellow, while the rest (of that portion) is cut away and thrown into a ditch. If now we compare the sacrificial vase with what was thrown into the ditch, there will be a difference between them as respects their beauty and ugliness; but they both agree in having lost the (proper) nature of the wood. So in respect of their practice of righteousness there is a difference between (the robber) Zhi on the one hand, and Zeng (Shen) or Shi (Qiu) on the other; but they all agree in having lost (the proper qualities of) their nature. Now there are five things which produce (in men) the loss of their (proper) nature. The first is (their fondness for) the five colours which disorder the eye, and take from it its (proper) clearness of vision; the second is (their fondness for) the five notes (of music), which disorder the ear and take from it its (proper) power of hearing; the third is (their fondness for) the five odours which penetrate the nostrils, and produce a feeling of distress all over the forehead; the fourth is (their fondness for) the five flavours, which deaden the mouth, and pervert its sense of taste; the fifth is their preferences and dislikes, which unsettle the mind, and cause the nature to go flying about. These five things are all injurious to the life; and now Yang and Mo begin to stretch forward from their different standpoints, each thinking that he has hit on (the proper course for men). But the courses they have hit on are not what I call the proper course. What they have hit on (only) leads to distress - can they have hit on what is the right thing? If they have, we may say that the dove in a cage has found the right thing for it. Moreover, those preferences and dislikes, that (fondness for) music and colours, serve but to pile up fuel (in their breasts); while their caps of leather, the bonnet with kingfishers' plumes, the memorandum tablets which they carry, and their long girdles, serve but as restraints on their persons. Thus inwardly stuffed full as a hole for fuel, and outwardly fast bound with cords, when they look quietly round from out of their bondage, and think they have got all they could desire, they are no better than criminals whose arms are tied together, and their fingers subjected to the screw, or than tigers and leopards in sacks or cages, and yet thinking that they have got (all they could wish). |
《至乐 - Perfect Enjoyment》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《至乐》 Library Resources |
| 7 | 至乐: | 种有几，得水则为㡭，得水土之际则为蛙蠙之衣，生于陵屯则为陵舄，陵舄得郁栖则为乌足，乌足之根为蛴螬，其叶为蝴蝶。胡蝶，胥也化而为虫，生于灶下，其状若脱，其名为鸲掇。鸲掇千日为鸟，其名曰乾馀骨。乾馀骨之沬为斯弥，斯弥为食醯。颐辂生乎食醯，黄軦生乎九猷，瞀芮生乎腐蠸。羊奚比乎不笋，久竹生青宁，青宁生程，程生马，马生人，人又反入于机。万物皆出于机，皆入于机。 |
| Perfect Enjoyment: | The seeds (of things) are multitudinous and minute. On the surface of the water they form a membranous texture. When they reach to where the land and water join they become the (lichens which we call the) clothes of frogs and oysters. Coming to life on mounds and heights, they become the plantain; and, receiving manure, appear as crows' feet. The roots of the crow's foot become grubs, and its leaves, butterflies. This butterfly, known by the name of xu, is changed into an insect, and comes to life under a furnace. Then it has the form of a moth, and is named the Qu-duo. The Qu-duo after a thousand days becomes a bird, called the gan-yu-gu. Its saliva becomes the si-mi, and this again the shi-xi (or pickle-eater). The yi-lu is produced from the pickle-eater; the huang-kuang from the jiu-you; the mou-rui from the fu-quan. The yang-xi uniting with a bamboo, which has long ceased to put forth sprouts, produces the qing-ning; the qing-ning, the panther; the panther, the horse; and the horse, the man. Man then again enters into the great Machinery (of Evolution), from which all things come forth (at birth), and which they enter at death. |
《田子方 - Tian Zi-fang》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《田子方》 Library Resources |
| 9 | 田子方: | 列御寇为伯昏无人射，引之盈贯，措杯水其肘上，发之，适矢复沓，方矢复寓。当是时，犹象人也。伯昏无人曰：“是射之射，非不射之射也。尝与汝登高山，履危石，临百仞之渊，若能射乎？”于是无人遂登高山，履危石，临百仞之渊，背逡巡，足二分垂在外，揖御寇而进之。御寇伏地，汗流至踵。伯昏无人曰：“夫至人者，上闚青天，下潜黄泉，挥斥八极，神气不变。今汝怵然有恂目之志，尔于中也殆矣夫！” |
| Tian Zi-fang: | Lie Yu-Kou was exhibiting his archery to Bo-hun Wu-ren. Having drawn the bow to its full extent, with a cup of water placed on his elbow, he let fly. As the arrow was discharged, another was put in its place; and as that was sent off, a third was ready on the string. All the while he stood like a statue. Bo-hun Wu-ren said, 'That is the shooting of an archer, but not of one who shoots without thinking about his shooting. Let me go up with you to the top of a high mountain, treading with you among the tottering rocks, till we arrive at the brink of a precipice, 800 cubits deep, and (I will then see) if you can shoot.' On this they went up a high mountain, making their way among the tottering rocks, till they came to the brink of a precipice 800 cubits deep. Then Wu-ren turned round and walked backwards, till his feet were two-thirds of their length outside the edge, and beckoned Yu-kou to come forward. He, however, had fallen prostrate on the ground, with the sweat pouring down to his heels. Then the other said, 'The Perfect man looks up to the azure sky above, or dives down to the yellow springs beneath, or soars away to the eight ends of the universe, without any change coming over his spirit or his breath. But now the trepidation of your mind appears in your dazed eyes; your inward feeling of peril is extreme!' |
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《外物 - What comes from Without》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《外物》 Library Resources |
| 4 | 外物: | 儒以《诗》、《礼》发冢。大儒胪传曰：“东方作矣，事之何若？”小儒曰：“未解裙襦，口中有珠。《诗》固有之曰：‘青青之麦，生于陵陂。生不布施，死何含珠为？’接其鬓，压其顪，儒以金椎控其颐，徐别其颊，无伤口中珠！” |
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Some literati, students of the Odes and Ceremonies, were breaking open a mound over a grave. The superior among them spoke down to the others, 'Day is breaking in the east; how is the thing going on?' The younger men replied, 'We have not yet opened his jacket and skirt, but there is a pearl in the mouth. As it is said in the Ode, The bright, green grain Is growing on the sides of the mound. While living, he gave nothing away; Why, when dead, should he hold a pearl in his mouth?"' Thereupon they took hold of the whiskers and pulled at the beard, while the superior introduced a piece of fine steel into the chin, and gradually separated the jaws, so as not to injure the pearl in the mouth. |
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《天瑞》 | Books referencing 《天瑞》 Library Resources |
| 4 | 天瑞: |
子列子适卫，食于道，从者见百岁髑髅，攓蓬而指，顾谓弟子百丰曰：“唯予与彼知而未尝生未尝死也。此过养乎？此过欢乎？种有几：若䵷为鹑，得水为藚，得水土之际，则为䵷蠙之衣。生于陵屯，则为陵舄。陵舄得郁栖，则为乌足。乌足之根为蛴螬，其叶为胡蝶。胡蝶胥也，化而为虫，生竈下，其状若脱，其名曰鸲掇。鸲掇千日，化而为鸟，其名曰乾馀1骨。乾馀骨之沫为斯弥。斯弥为食醯颐辂。食醯颐辂生乎食醯黄軦，食醯黄軦生乎九猷。九猷生乎瞀芮，瞀芮生乎腐蠸。羊肝化为地皋，马血之为转邻也，人血之为野火也。鹞之为鸇，鸇之为布谷，布谷久复为鹞也。燕之为蛤也，田鼠之为鹑也，朽瓜之为鱼也，老韭之为苋也。老羭之为猨也，鱼卵之为虫。亶爰之兽，自孕而生，曰类。河泽之鸟，视而生，曰鶂。纯雌其名大腰，纯雄其名稺蜂。思士不妻而感，思女不夫而孕。后稷生乎巨迹，伊尹生乎空桑。厥昭生乎湿，醯鸡生乎酒。羊奚比乎不笋，久竹生青宁，青宁生程，程生马，马生人。人久入于机。万物皆出于机，皆入于机。” 1. 馀 : Originally read: "徐". 据下文及今本《庄子》改。 |
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