The Generous House, The Rotting Mouse, The Sky in the Guan, Learning to Walk in Handan, Above Haoliang, etc.
1. Above Haoliang
Explanation: Haoliang: the bridge over the Haoliang River. Refers to a state of contentment and contentment.
From: Zhuangzi·Autumn Waters of the Warring States Period: "Zhuangzi and Huizi were swimming on Haoliang. Zhuangzi said: 'The minnows travel calmly. This is the joy of fish.' Huizi said: 'Zi If you are not a fish, how can you know the joy of fish? 'Zhuangzi said: 'You are not me, how can you know that I don't know the joy of fish?'"
Translation: Zhuangzi and Huizi were in Haoliang. Zhuangzi said: Minnows travel leisurely. This is the fun of fish. Keiko said: You are not a fish, how do you know the happiness of fish? Zhuangzi said: You are not me, how do you know that I don’t know the happiness of fish?
2. Generous House
Explanation: Generous: great principle. Originally refers to a person who understands the truth. Later, it generally refers to a person who has extensive knowledge or expertise.
From: "Zhuangzi Autumn Waters" of Zhuangzi and the Warring States Period: "I am always laughed at by generous people."
Translation: I will always be laughed at by knowledgeable people.
3. Lonely rotten rat
Explanation: Lonely bird chick, rotten rat. A metaphor for people or things that are insignificant and not worth talking about.
From: "Zhuangzi Autumn Waters" of Zhuangzi and the Warring States Period: "Then the owl caught the rotten rat, and when it passed by it, it looked up at it and said, 'Scared!'"
Translation : At this time, the falcon got the rotten mouse, which it had gouged out. It looked up at it and said: Scared!
4. Peering into the sky from a tube
Explanation: Guan: a bamboo tube; Peeping: looking through a small hole or gap. Look at the sky through the hole in the bamboo pipe. It is a metaphor for being narrow-minded or one-sided.
From: "Zhuangzi Autumn Waters" of Zhuangzi and the Warring States Period: "Isn't it so small to look directly at the sky with a tube and point to the ground with a cone?"
Translation: This is just Aren’t those who look at the sky with a tube and point at the ground with a cone also small?
5. Handan crawling
Explanation: It is a metaphor for blindly imitating and losing one's original strengths.
From: Zhuangzi·Autumn Waters of the Warring States Period: "Zhuangzi didn't hear about the learning of the remaining disciples of Fu Shouling and practiced it in Handan? He didn't gain the power of the country and lost his original behavior. He just crouched. But if I don't leave now, I will forget my son and lose my son's career."
Translation: And, haven't you heard about Shouling Yuzi's learning behavior in Handan? There is no country that can be gained and lost, so I left and crawled back. If you don't go now, you will forget your past and lose your job.