When everyone thought that Zhuangzi was the Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi stopped being so deliberately pretentious and began to live his life in a down-to-earth manner.

His life is not a mess, he is not here to weave straw sandals and leather shoes, nor is he to farm. But! Preach!

Preaching is his life, and saving the world is his life.

That's the reality! An ideal is an ideal, and reality is reality. There is always a layer between the ideal and the reality, so that you cannot realize your ideals in reality.

He wanted to preach life, spread Taoist doctrine all over the world, and save the world. And reality tells him that it can't be realized.

In real life, let alone spreading Taoism, even one's own survival is a problem, and what kind of Taoism is being spread.

Your life doesn't exist, and you still have to spread Taoism.

You can't survive in this world yourself, what else can you do to save others, let alone save the world. You can't save yourself, how can you teach others?

You are only qualified to teach others if you live on your own and survive well in this society.

In order to save his life and protect the life of his family, he promised "four forevers" in front of Song Juecheng. Never become an official, never preach, never commit treason, never leave the Song Kingdom......

Not preaching means not preaching openly, not really not preaching.

When Zhuangzi swore an oath, he calculated it in his heart. It is impossible for him not to preach, even if he dies, he will preach for the rest of his life. But for the sake of his family, he had to compromise and make a promise not to preach.

Not preaching means not preaching openly, not really not preaching.

At the time of the oath, Zhuangzi calculated in his heart: to preach through the heart and to preach through writing books.

His oath was forced by Song Quecheng, and it was an oath to Song Quecheng. Song Quecheng died, and the oath was invalidated.

Through preaching in the heart realm, Song Juecheng would not know. By writing books to preach, as long as Song Quecheng died, his books could be circulated in the world.

In order to survive, for his family to live, Zhuangzi had to obey Song Quecheng, agree to all Song Quecheng's requirements, and meet all his requirements. Because! Song Cucheng He has the power and ability to let you die.

It's irresistible! It's like people want to die, it's irresistible, you have to die if you don't want to.

Behind the superficial obedience, not giving up our pursuit and life is the wisdom of survival!

Fight! It is a last resort when Yishun can't get it.

Fight! It is not the same as fearless sacrifice.

We need to fight, but not with our lives. When survival is not guaranteed, we can fight with our lives.

When we are obedient people and still cannot survive, and when we cannot save ourselves and our relatives to survive, we can fight with our lives.

Fight! It's going to be thorough!

The struggle must be thorough, not repeated! Repeatedness is impermanent, and there is no bottom line! Thoroughness has a bottom line!

Yishun! On the surface, it was a helpless move. But in fact, it is also a survival strategy.

Just like following the customs, it is also a kind of obedience, but also a kind of helplessness, we can't say that we don't follow the customs, right? Isn't it?

Obeying and following local customs are a kind of attachment and respect for others. But! Let's not lose our bottom line because of this!

We are people with our own bottom line!

When Song Kuocheng thought that his nephew Zhuang Zhou had become a good citizen, he became unproductive. When the people around him thought that Zhuangzi had fallen, and when the former Taoist protectors thought that Zhuangzi was just like that, Zhuangzi's spare time was plunged into the "pile of old papers".

While studying ancient books, he also compiled bamboo slips.

In the cave of the Mohists, there are countless classics collected by the Mohists. Not to mention that there are more books than the collection of books in the collection room of the Great Zhou Dynasty, at least the books in the collection are classics in history and science and technology.

If it weren't for the sake of making a show and confusing Song Cucheng and the people around him, Zhuangzi would not have to weave straw shoes, leather shoes, let alone farm, and his family's collection of gold and silver would be enough for their family to live for a lifetime.

No! With the living standard of Zhuangzi's family, they can live for several lifetimes.

During the period when Zhuangzi Qiyuan was a town official and a leader in Taoism, he collected many gold, silver and jade jewels by selling his hands. Since my mother and Song Kuocheng recognized each other, they have received many rewards. Together, this wealth is enough for their family to live for generations.

Of course! If you live as a rich second generation and consumption level, there will naturally not be much, and it won't take a few years.

But in order to follow the customs, Zhuangzi still has to weave straw shoes during the day. Especially when he was in the market, he would inevitably sit there and weave straw sandals in a serious manner. When the people who rushed to the market dispersed, he hid in the room again, read ancient books, and wrote bamboo slips.

Farming! Nature is indispensable. Every time he went to the ground, he would alarm his neighbors, for fear that others would not know. In fact! All of this he did on purpose, just to let others know that he had gone to the ground and that his family had no money.

Whenever Song Kuicheng sent silver, his family had to eat better and be more generous. In fact! The same is to make a show for others. After spending a while, they began to pretend to be poor again, making others think that their family is so virtuous, they spend it if they have money, and they cheat if they don't have money, and they don't save money.

That's the only way! thieves won't patronize their homes.

Thieves don't go to poor people's homes to steal, and here's why, poor families don't have money to steal.

Loading ratio? In fact! It's not pretending to be a comparison, it's helplessness!

The helplessness that real life gives us!

When it comes to preaching, Zhuangzi has a set. But when it comes to writing books, Zhuangzi is very poor. He doesn't know how to write to make people read and understand.

To know! During the Warring States period, people who could read books and those who could own bamboo slips were a minority. Without that economic strength, you can't afford to buy books, and you can't afford to collect books.

The cost of books is huge, and the average person can't afford to write a book.

During the Warring States period, most of the books were bamboo slips and brocade silks, which were relatively cheaper, and silk books were simply not used by ordinary people. The emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty rarely used silk books, and the princes rarely used them. Generally, it is only used in the place where the edict is issued. And also! It is to record important local classics, and only then use silk.

The most commonly used is the bamboo slip book.

Bamboo slips are not so cheap, and there are many production techniques. First, the bamboo should be selected, and then the bamboo should be cut to make bamboo chips. Then the bamboo pieces are connected with twine, and then the words are engraved on them. At last! Paint with ink or paint.

For the average bookmaker, it is to engrave words, not to paint ink, let alone paint. The bamboo slips that paint are high-class books.

The books written by Zhuangzi are all coarse books, with no ink or paint.