This metaphor is translated into modern times, which is the well-known barrel theory. This means that if a bucket is to be filled with water, each board must be equally flush and intact. If a board in the bucket is uneven, or there is a hole under a board, the bucket can't be filled with water. How much water a bucket can hold depends not on the longest board, but on the shortest board. No matter how high a bucket is, the height of the water it holds depends on the lowest board. According to this core content, the "bucket theory" has two inferences: first, the bucket can only be filled with water if the wooden boards on the bucket wall are high enough. Secondly, as long as one piece in this bucket is not high enough, the water in the bucket will not be full.
Therefore, if you want to fill the bucket with more water, you must take its length and make up its shortcomings.
But Zhou, who is eager to learn, is not satisfied with this abstract principle. He needs to be more specific. So Tian Kaizhi told him a fable:
There are two eccentrics in Lu, one is Shan Bao and the other is Zhang Yi. Shanbao escaped from the noise of the city and lived in seclusion in the deep mountains and forests. He abandoned customs and devoted himself to his inner life. He lived to be 70 years old and his skin was as tender as a baby. Unfortunately, when encountering a hungry tiger, the single leopard has no external resistance and can only be reduced to tiger food. This man named Zhang Yi built an indestructible castle for himself, and his material life was extremely rich. He died of schizophrenia at the age of 40. The single leopard pays attention to the inner spiritual happiness, but the tiger devours him from the outside. Zhang Yi paid attention to external material happiness, but mental illness destroyed him from the inside. These two people only know how to complement each other, but they don't know how to make up for their shortcomings.
Zhuangzi and Sheng Da XIX.
People who live up to their life feelings don't think about what life they live; Those who love life are helpless if they don't know what to do. To repair its shape, you must take things first, and those who have more things but less shape must have them. The living will never leave their form first, both the living and the dead will. They can't be denied by birth, but they can't stop. Sad husband! People in the world think that keeping in shape is enough to survive, but keeping in shape and fruit is not enough to survive, then the world is full of ridicule! Although it is not enough, it is inevitable! If a husband wants to avoid becoming a person, he might as well give up the world. If he abandons the world, he will not be tired, and it will be fair if he is not tired. If it is fair, he will be reborn with him, and his rehabilitation will be rare! What left Xi Zu behind and gave birth to Xi Zu? Giving up things means no pain, but survival means no loss. Husband's modeling is completely exquisite and complicated, and he is one with heaven. He who lives in heaven and earth is also the parent of all things. Together, you become an adult, and when you break up, you begin. The nature of forms means that they can move. They are exquisite and refined, but they are integrated with the sky.
Zi Liezi asked Guanyin: "People sneak and don't stifle; When they jump on the fire, they won't get hot; They won't feel tired when they walk on everything. Why? " Guanyin said: "It is a purely spiritual defense, and it is not among those who know how to be clever and bold. Living here is for women. Anyone who looks like a melody is also a thing. Why are things far apart? " Fuxi, that's enough. Go first! It's just color. Then the creation of things is almost shapeless, but it stops at nothing. My husband is poor, and everything is fine! He will live in a disgrace, hide in an unreasonable discipline, and swim at the end of everything. One is his sex, which nourishes his qi, combines his virtue and creates things through contact. If he is a husband, he will keep the whole sky, his spirit will be seamless, and things will be absurd! The drunk's car accident was not fatal, although he was ill. His joints are the same as others, but he is different from others, and his spirit is complete. He doesn't know whether to ride or fall. He is afraid of death and life. That's why he (the upper right of the word "inverse" plus the word "e4") is a thing rather than a thing (the word "folding" is "). The sage is hiding in the sky, so he can't hurt. Avengers don't break shovels; Although people who care don't complain about drifting tiles, this is the world average. Therefore, there is no chaos in attacking and fighting, and there is no punishment for killing. This is also the way to open the sky. He who opens heaven is virtuous, and he who opens heaven is a thief. They never tire of it, never neglect the people, and the people almost believe it. "
Zhong Ni was in the right place. He walked out of the forest. When he saw that the rickets had inherited the coffin, he still regretted it. Zhong Ni said, "What a clever son! Is there any evil? " He said, "I know a way. I dropped the medicine in May and June without dropping it. If you are tired of three, you will lose eleven; It's a pity if you don't fall down after five days' fatigue. If I were in a position, I would be arrested. I grabbed my arm like a branch. Although there are many things in the world, I only know them by wings. I don't oppose them, and I don't take the wings of everything for granted. Why not! " Confucius pointed to his disciples and said, "No matter what your ambition is, it is all condensed in God. Its bending is what people say! "
Yan Yuan asked Zhong Ni, "I have tasted wealth, and Tianjin people are like gods by boat. I asked him,' Can you learn evil by boat? Said:' Yes, a good swimmer can calculate his ability. If he were alone, he would have sex without seeing the boat. Dare you ask what it is that you didn't tell me? Zhong Ni said, "A good swimmer can count his energy and forget the water. If the husband has never seen a boat before, he will fuck it. If he sees the deep water, if he sees the boat, if he leaves, he will still have his car. However, he will not be allowed to enter it, and he will be drowned by evil! People who bet with tile are smart, those who bet with hook are afraid, and those who bet with gold are embarrassed (left "bad" and right "faint" sound hun 1). If they are smart, they will emphasize the exterior. Those who emphasize exteriority are clumsy at home. "
Tian Kai met Zhou Weiguo, and Zhou Weiguo said, "I have heard that some students want kidneys, but how can my son swim with them?" Tian Kaizhi said, "How did I hear that Kai Cao (wearing bamboo and wisdom) worked for the imperial court?" Gong Wei said, "I want to hear about this field." At the beginning, he said, "The master heard that he said,' If he keeps sheep, he will be whipped according to the latter." "Gong Wei said," what is it? "Tian Kaizhi said:" There is a single leopard in Lu, which lives in the rock and drinks water, not for the benefit of the people. They are 70 years old and still like babies. Unfortunately, when they met hungry tigers, they killed them and ate them. Zhang Yi, who is thin in Gaomen County, has all left and died of fire at the age of 40. The leopard eats inside, and the tiger eats outside, but the disease attacks inside. The second son. What people are afraid of is on the table, and between eating and drinking, I don't know that I quit too much! "
Duan Xuan, a member of Zhu Zongren, said, "You hate death! I honor you on March 4th (change the word "thing" to "don't" huan4), and you stop for ten days. On the third day, I put your shoulder on the carving. What do you do? " In order to make a plan, he said, "It is better to eat chaff than to go to the wrong prison." Make a plan for yourself, and you will have the honor of being crowned, and die in the straight of "Zhuan Xu 4" (left "moon" and right "shield").
Huan Gongze, Guan, what the hell. Gong took the hand and said, "What do you think of Guan Zhong?" Yes, I said, "I don't see anything." When the masses rebelled, I said I was ill and wouldn't go out for a few days. The King of Qi told Ao that I said, "Evil spirits can hurt the public! It is not enough that the husband's qi (left "right" livestock ") is scattered without being reversed; It makes people angry not to go up or down; If you can't get up, you will get carried away; If you can't go up or down, you will get sick if you are careful. " Huan Gong said, "But what is this? "yue:" yes, Shen has shoes, the stove has buns, and indoor troubles are dealt with by thunder; Those below the northeast are twice as good, and salmon (with the sound of "dragon" and "insect" long2) jumps over; Below the northwest, under the sun (left "welcome", right "lost" yi4). There is no elephant in the water, there is a hill (Shen 1 under the mountain), there is a mountain, and there is hesitation in the wild, so there is a Committee in Zezhong. The prince said, "A snake is as big as a hub and as long as a shaft, and it wears pearls on its purple clothes. It is also evil, and the sound of thunder cars holds its head. Almost all the people I see are tyrants. " Duke Huan (left "Dan" and right "Chen" Zhen) said with a smile, "I saw it." therefore
Ji Wei raised cockfighting for the king. 10 He asked, "Have you finished eating the chicken?" 10 He asked again: "I haven't done it, let's see the scenery." 10 He asked again: "I haven't done it, let's see the scenery." 10 He asked again: "Although the chicken has been singing, it has not changed. They look like wooden chickens and their morality is complete. "
Confucius' view of Lvliang is that the county water is 30 meters high, and the foam flows for 40 miles. The giant fish and soft-shelled turtle can't swim. When he saw a husband swimming, he thought he wanted to die. He let his disciples swim in parallel and saved him. Hundreds of steps away, he was released to swim under the pond. Confucius asked Yan, "I regard my son as a ghost and observe him as a human being." Confucius said, "When I die, there is nothing to do. I started from the past, grew up from sex, and became a fate. I breathe in, I breathe out, and I follow the path of water, which is not personal. " Confucius said, "What does it mean to start from the past, be longer than sex and become destiny?" Yue: "I was born in Yu Ling and settled in Yu Ling, so I am also; Longer than water and content with water, sex is also; I don't know why I am so natural, but I am doomed. "
Ziqing split the wood into an entrance (the word "嗮嗮" was replaced by the sound of "嗮嗮" juu4), and when the entrance was completed, the audience was shocked by ghosts and gods. Lv Hou saw it and asked, "What do you think?" Yes, he said, "I am a minister and a worker. What's the point? Although, there is one thing: I can make juu4, and I have never dared to consume gas. I will be calm for three days, but I dare not celebrate and enjoy the title; For five days, I dare not sell myself short; Seven days later, I forgot that I had four bodies. When the time is up, there will be no court. Its ingenuity and exoskeleton disappear, then it goes into the mountains to observe the natural form of the body, then it becomes juu4, and then it is added, otherwise it is already. If heaven is in harmony, the reason why the device is suspicious is also! "
Higashino Hijiji saw Lord Zhuang in a royal manner, advanced and retreated in the middle rope, and turned left and right into the middle gauge. Zhuang recognized that the prose crossed the line, which forced him to turn back. When Yan He saw it, he said, "The horse of Ji will be defeated." If you are not careful, you will be defeated. The public said, "How do I know?" He said, "His horse was exhausted, but he still wanted to know what to do, so he was defeated."
The word "sleep" (the word "sleep" is replaced by the word "eye") refers to materialization rather than memorization by heart, so it is a spiritual platform, forgetting one's feet and fitting shoes; Forget it, take it; Know right and wrong, feel comfortable; Don't change internally, but follow, and things will be appropriate; People who have never felt uncomfortable will forget what is appropriate.
Sun Xiu, who followed the door, said to Cha Zibian, "If you don't live in the countryside, you don't want to repair it. If you don't see something, you don't want to be brave. But if you don't meet your age, you will be in the village and get to the state department, and you will be guilty. " "Don't let this fate befall you." Bian Zi said, "My husband hates himself, but I don't know." Forgetting one's courage and keeping one's eyes and ears, wandering around in the dirt and enjoying it, means doing things without relying on them and not killing them. Now you know how to scare fools, cultivate yourself to be sober (left "right"), and you can obviously walk when you show the sun and the moon. You have one, nine skills, and your child is gone before you get to middle school! "Grandson went out and Hirako went in. He sat in the room sighing. Disciple asked, "Sir, what is a sigh? "Hirako said," If you come to me, I will tell you the virtue of people. I'm afraid you will be surprised and confused. "The disciple said," Otherwise, Sun Tzu's words are evil, and Mr. Wang's words are not evil, so you can't be confused if you are not solid. "Sun Tzu said is not evil, Mr Said is evil. He is puzzled, he laughs at sin! " Hirako said, "Otherwise, birds used to stop in the suburbs of Shandong. Lujun said that it was because they were too strong to entertain, and they played Jiu Shao for fun. The birds were worried and dazzled at first, and were afraid to eat. It's called raising your own birds. If the husband keeps birds, he can live in the mountains and forests, float in the rivers and lakes, and eat them as snakes, then he will just go ashore safely. Today, he will have a rest.