If two people have similar hobbies, they won't feel far away from each other because of the barrier of mountains and seas. If two people have different ideas, they feel that the heart close at hand is far away.
From Bao Puzi Apollo by Ge Hong in Jin Dynasty.
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brief Introduction of the content
Bao Puzi was written by Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which is divided into two parts. Nowadays, there are 20 "internal articles" about immortals, alchemy and Zuo Fu, 50 "external articles" about the gains and losses of current politics and the concealment of personnel, and some articles about literary theory criticism, such as Shi Jun, Shang Bo, Cixi and satellites.
This book summarizes the immortal theory since Wei and Jin Dynasties, establishes the Taoist immortal theory system, and inherits Wei Boyang's alchemy theory, which is a great achievement of alchemy in Wei and Jin Dynasties.
The basic content of the foreign article
Waipian expresses personnel, takes Confucianism as the Sect, and embodies Ge Hong's Confucianism.
Nine articles, such as litigation, discuss the gains and losses of current politics, ridicule the secular, and talk about the law of governing the people.
Seven articles, such as "Minister's Day", commented on the concealment of personnel, and advocated hiding things and waiting for the time, self-denial and thinking of the monarch.
"Jundao" and other articles 14 exhorted the monarch Ren Xian to cultivate energy, love the people and abstain from sex, and monopolize power.
Xu Xue and the theory of worshipping religion were born.
"Communication" and other five articles about self-cultivation.
Seven papers, such as strategist, are very expensive to write.
The article "Bao Bao" advocates that there is a gentleman's way.
Apollo and Guangpi are both metonymies, and they repeat the ideas of various articles.
The article "readme" is autobiographical and is the preface of the book.
Waipian discusses the gains and losses of current politics, criticizes secularism, describes the way of governing the people, and advocates benevolence and virtue, love for the people and abstinence. The Summary of Siku said it was "rich in rhetoric and profound in truth." Lu Xun praised him for "talking about the social state of the late Jin Dynasty".
Waipian also expounds the progressive view of literature, emphasizes the importance of ideological content and social function, and advocates that words will help to educate and pay equal attention to literature and morality. I believe that literature is developing, and today is better than ancient times. We should not only oppose respecting the past, but also the present. It is emphasized that literary criticism should pay attention to the author's style and personality, record and collect widely, and oppose extremes and dabbling.
In Bao Puzi, Ge Hong integrated metaphysics with Taoism, theology with Taoism, alchemy with alchemy, alchemy with spells, Confucianism with immortals, thus establishing a theoretical system of Taoist immortals.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Bao Puzi