The state of the world has been exhausted, what is not the meaning of the fishing ocean in the goose

Interpretation: All things in the world Mr. Yuyang have made it clear, which thing in this world is not changeable?

Notes: Yuyang, the name of the person, the poet and writer Wang Shizhen in the early Qing Dynasty.

The alias is "Yuyang Shanren", and here "Yuyang" is used as an abbreviated pronoun.

Goose cage, Southern Dynasty Liang Wu Jun "Continuation of Qi Harmonics".

recorded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

years, Yang Xian.

Xu Yan was walking in the mountains with a goose cage on his back, and he met a scholar who begged Xu Yan to put him in the goose cage because of a sore foot, and hurried away with him on his back.

Walking under a tree, in order to thank Xu Yan, the scholar spit out a copper plate from his mouth, which contained various meals, and delicacies from the mountains and seas were listed together.

And out of his mouth came a woman, about fifteen or sixteen years of age, with a beautiful countenance, and splendid clothes, who sat down with them and drank. Seeing that the scholar was drunk, the woman told Xu Yan that she had a man she loved in private, and took the opportunity to spit out of her mouth and drink and talk with Xu Yan.

To Xu Yan's great surprise, after the scholar woke up, just as the girl was entertaining the scholar, the man she was hiding spit out a woman of about twenty.

Source: "Short Harvest Xing".

Year of creation: Qing Dynasty.

Qing Pu Songling's "Short Harvest Xing": "The state of the world has come to an end, and there is nothing in the world that is not a goose cage." ”

"Yuyang" is a person's name. In the early Qing Dynasty, the poet and writer Wang Shizhen was nicknamed "Yuyang Shanren", and the province was called "Yuyang".

The meaning of this poem is: Mr. Yuyang has exhausted all kinds of things in the world, and what is not changeable in the world.

Source] Southern Dynasty Liang Wu Jun "Continuation of Qi Harmonic Records": "Yangxian Xu Yan carried the goose cage, and met a scholar who begged to be sent to the cage with a sore foot. According to legend, during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xu Yan, a native of Yangxian, was carrying a goose cage in the mountains, and on the way he met a scholar who asked Xu Yan to put him in the goose cage because of foot pain, and carried him on his back.

Walking under a tree, the scholar came out of the cage, and in order to thank Xu Yan, he spat out delicacies and beauties, and the beauties spat out men, and men spit out a woman, and finally returned to the scholar's mouth in turn.

Usage] Goose cage scholar: Later, this is a metaphor for illusion and impermanence.

The state of the world Yuyang has been exhausted, what is not a goose cage in the world" refers to the early Qing Dynasty poet and writer Wang Shizhen, who is nicknamed "Yuyang Shanren", referred to as "Yuyang", and some people call him "Mr. Yuyang".

Wang Shizhen is a famous writer, calligrapher and poet, his poetic style pursues majestic and bold, and is known as "fishing and foreign style" in the history of literature. Four of his poems "Autumn Willows" are known as "Autumn Willow Poems" and have become classics in the history of Chinese literature.

Therefore, the fishing ocean in "the state of the world has been exhausted, what is not a goose cage in the world" refers to Wang Shizhen, this sentence means that everything in the world Wang Shizhen has been clearly said, which thing in this world is not fickle?

The "goose cage" in "The Goose Cage" refers to the story in the "Jingde Chuan Lantern Record", referring to the sixth ancestor Huineng Master spreading Zen Buddhism in the south. One of the questions asked how many geese were in the goose cage, and Master Huineng said, "The goose is in the cage, I am not in the cage."

The meaning of this sentence is that the goose cage is just a symbol, which represents people's bondage and limitations on the world and life. Master Hui Neng, on the other hand, transcends this constraint and limitation, he is not limited to any framework and restriction, he can think and act freely, which is also the spirit of "freedom and ease" emphasized by Zen Buddhism.

Therefore, the meaning of the phrase "the world has come to an end, and there is nothing in the world that does not take the cherry blossom goose cage" means that everything in the world is like a goose cage, there are restrictions and constraints, and the realm of Zen Buddhism is to transcend this bondage and limitation, and can think and act freely. This sentence expresses a deep reflection on life and the world, and also embodies the thoughts and realms of Zen Buddhism.