excerpts from Zhuangzi's Happy Journey
Original text:
There is a fish in the north, and its name is Kun. Kun is so big, I don't know its thousands of miles; Into a bird, its name is Peng. Peng's back is thousands of miles away; Fly away in anger, and its wings hang like clouds in the sky. If it is a bird, shipping will migrate to Nanming. The southern ghost, Tianchi also.
Translation:
There is a fish in the sea in the north. Its name is Kun. The size of Kun, I really don't know how big it is to thousands of miles; Change into a bird, its name is Peng. Peng's back, I really don't know how many miles long it is; When it rises and flies, its spread wings are like clouds on the horizon. This Peng bird, with the rough waves at sea, migrated to the southern sea. The sea in the south is a large natural pool.
Extended information:
Appreciation
A Happy Journey is the first article in Zhuangzi, which represents Zhuangzi's philosophical thoughts. "Wandering freely" is Zhuangzi's life ideal and the core content of Zhuangzi's life theory. "Wandering freely" refers to "swimming endlessly without waiting", which is independent of worldly things, integrated with naturalization and free to swim in the world without any constraints.
"carefree", in Zhuangzi, refers to the greatest spiritual freedom that people have achieved beyond the limitations of secular concepts and their values. "Swimming" does not mean physical swimming, but more importantly, spiritual swimming. After the physical constraints are removed, you can naturally swim around the world. Wandering around is the spiritual realm of being above everything, independent and absolutely free.
In Zhuangzi's view, the best way to achieve this state is to "stay in the heart" and "sit and forget", both of which embody a kind of spiritual freedom and spiritual freedom of harmony between man and nature.
the full text can be divided into three parts. The first part is the main body of the whole article from the beginning to "the sage is nameless". By comparing many examples that can't be "carefree", it shows that to truly achieve the realm of freedom, one must be "self-centered", "reactive" and "nameless".
in the second part, from "Yao lets the world be allowed to do what it wants" to "suddenly loses its world", it is further elaborated that "no self" is the only way to get rid of all kinds of bondage and dependence. As long as you really forget yourself and everything, you can reach the realm of freedom, and only those who have "no self" are the people with the highest spiritual realm.
The third part, from "Keiko calls Zhuangzi Yue" to the end, discusses what is really useful and useless, explains that we should not be stuck by things, but make useless useful, and further expresses our opposition to taking an active part in social activities, aiming at being free from any constraints and pursuing a leisurely life.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Easy Travel