In this way, the master is the number one obsession, which is promoted by his Confucianism. The phrase "knowing what you can't do" later became the self-promotion of many people with lofty ideals. When the land of China sinks, people always die with them, such as Song Youwen and Shi Kefa in Ming Dynasty and Tan Sitong in modern times. They stuck to their beliefs until death do us part.
So Taoism, which is different from Confucianism, doesn't think so. Lao Tzu said, "Good as water". Sometimes a person has to go with the flow like water. The implication is that he should not be forced to find an exit according to the situation.
So it seems that Taoism didn't stick to it either, but later Taoism tried to refine the elixir and pursue immortality. From Liu Xiang to Ge Hong, from Li Bai, a poet, to Emperor Jiajing, they all dreamed of flying during the day until they died, and they all dreamed of a strong wind blowing one night. When they opened the coffin, they saw that there was only one piece of clothing, and the body had left out of thin air-the professional term should be called autopsy. This is the real "knowing what you can't do", which is actually a bigger obsession.
It is Buddhists who really put forward to let go of their obsession. Buddhists say that we should get rid of ourselves and let go of our obsession. However, seeing Master Xuanzang worship Buddha, the Tang Dynasty strictly prohibited him from leaving the country to smuggle, and he never turned back on the dangerous road. Isn't this also an obsession? The novel of Journey to the West can be based on Tang Priest's obsession with Buddhism. Monsters are not enough to scare him away, and beautiful women are not enough to seduce him. What is difficult to refine from the Buddha's eighty-one is how deep the Tang Priest's obsession is. However, this is an obsession with Buddhism, and Buddhists "don't know their true colors" in this mountain.
Therefore, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism all have their own obsession, but the obsession of Confucianism is persistence, the obsession of Taoism is free and easy, and the obsession of Buddhism is detachment. This is actually the highest form of obsession: an ideal. Of course, Hitler was also a man with ideals. He founded the Nazi Party and practiced fascism. This is of course an obsession, but it is a morbid obsession that can only be spurned.
Even if we ordinary people have ideals, we will not die like Master Xuanzang of Confucius. What more people have is just a small hobby, which I think is a manifestation of obsession.
Zhang Dai said: "People are not addicted, so they can't communicate with each other, so they are heartless." Obviously, what he means is that the so-called addiction means deep affection, deep affection and obsession. Zhang Chao in Qing Dynasty also said: "Flowers can't be without butterflies, mountains can't be without springs, stones can't be without moss, water can't be without algae, trees can't be without vines and people can't be without addiction." Directly turn hobbies into indispensable things in life. What happens when people lack hobbies? Yuan Hongdao: "I think people who are tasteless and disgusting in the world have no ear addiction." If you are not addicted, your face will be disgusting, as if you are "obsessed with self-improvement in your stomach."
It is said in the Book of Jin that Wang Ji was addicted to horses, and he liked to raise horses and listen to donkeys, so that after his death, all his good friends made donkeys for him in his mourning hall. Tu Yu once told Si Mazhao about Wang Ji's hobby. Si Mazhao asked, "What's your hobby?" Du Yu said, "My hobby is Zuo Zhuan." It's true. Without this hobby, Du Yu probably wouldn't have written Zuo's Classics in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Probably from that time on, ancient people were poor without some obsession. Although Wang Xizhi is a famous calligrapher, he loves geese. He once copied the Tao Te Ching for others in order to get the goose. His fifth son, Wang Ziyou, likes bamboo. Once he went to live in someone else's house for a while and wanted to grow a large piece of bamboo. He said, "You can't leave this gentleman for a day." How obsessed is it? Another calligrapher, Mi Fei, likes strange stones. As a prison army, he saw a favorite stone and bowed to his knees regardless of his status. Finally, it led to dismissal.
However, it is their persistence that makes them successful. Learning to bark donkeys shows us the interest and mind of the ancients, raising geese and loving bamboo shows us the true colors of Wang Xizhi's father and son, and loving strange stones shows us the side of calligrapher MengMeng. If it weren't for these, our history would just be a dry struggle, which is so boring.