HarmonyofHumounandNature天人合一〖ZhuangzhouDreamedaButterfly〗Onedayatsunset,Zhuangzidozedoffanddreamedthatheturnedintoabutterfly.Heflappedhiswingsandmadesureenoughhewasabutterfly.Hehadsuchajoyfulfeel-ingasheflutteredaboutthathecompletelyforgotthathewasZhuangzi.Soonthough,herealizedthatproudbutterflywasreallyZhuangziwhodreamedhewasabutterfly.OrwasitabutterflywhodreamedhewasZhuangzi?MaybeZhuangziwasthebutterfly,andmaybethebutterflywasZhungzi?Thisiswhatismeantbythe“transformationofthings.”庄周梦蝶一天,落日时分,庄子梦见自己变成一只蝴蝶。他扑打扑打翅膀,确信自己已经变成一只蝴蝶。这时他十分惬意,飘飘然竟完全忘记了自己是庄子。一会儿醒来,他明白了,那只骄傲的蝴蝶正是梦见自己变成蝴蝶的庄子。或许是蝴蝶做梦自己变成了庄子也未可知。庄子是蝴蝶?亦或蝴蝶是庄子?这正是所谓的“事物转换”的道理啊!〖AFondDreamofNanke〗IntheTangDynasty,therelivedapersoncalledChunYufen.Oneday,hisfriendscametocelebratehisbirthday,andChunYufenwasdrinkingunderanoldpagodatree.Whenhebecamedrunk,hefellasleep.Suddenly,ChunYufenmetwithtwoatomieswhotookhimintoagiantholeinthetree,havingaridetothegreatKingdomofPagoda.ChunYufenfoundhimselfinafairyworldwithmanyredgates,magnificentpalaces,luxuriantpavilionsandbeautifulgardens.南柯一梦在中国唐朝,有个人叫淳于棼。一天他过生日,在门前大槐树下摆下宴席和朋友饮酒作乐,好不快活。喝醉了之后,他便睡着了。迷迷糊糊之中,他突然感觉有两个使者请他上车,马车朝大槐树下一个树洞驶去,驶向“槐安国”。他发现树洞里另有一番仙境。有许多朱红色的大门,大门里面是华丽的宫殿,周围是亭台楼阁和美丽的花园。ThekingappreciatedhimverymuchsothathewasnamedthemayorofNanke,asmalltownintheKingdom.Soonafter,hemarriedtheking’sbeautifuldaughter.ChunYufenwassohappywiththelifetherethathetotallyforgothishometown.Twentyyearspassed,andChunYufenstayedastheverysuccessfulmayorofNankeandraisedabigfamilyoffivesonsandtwodaughters.国王非常欣赏淳于棼,封他为“南柯郡太守”。后来,国王还将公主许配给他。淳于棼与公主过得非常幸福以致完全忘了自己的家乡。淳于棼上任南柯郡太守后,前后二十年的时间,把南柯郡治理得井井有条,还和公主生了五个儿子,两个女儿。However,thekingdomwasinvadedbyanothercountryandChunYufenhadtoleadthetroopstoholdouttheenemies.Unfortunately,histroopsweredefeatedandhiswifedied.ChunYufendecidedtoleavetheKingdomofPagoda.Hewassenthomebythe2atomies.Assoonashearrivedhome,hewokeuptorealizewhathadhappenedwasjustadream.Itwasonlyashortnap,eventhoughinhisdreamhehadexperiencedawhole20yearsoflife.ChunYufen’sfriendswereinterestedinhisdream.Theylookeddownthetreeandfoundanantnestconnectedtoasmallernestinthesouthdirection.Obviously,thesenestsexplainedwhat“PagodaKingdom”and“Nanke”reallywere!不料,有个国家突然入侵,淳于棼不得不率兵迎击,不过他还是打了败仗。这时公主又不幸去世了。淳于棼决定离开“槐安国”,仍是由两名使者送行。淳于棼回到家中,突然惊醒过来,原来是一场梦。不过是小睡一会儿,而梦中经历却整整二十年。淳于棼把梦境告诉朋友,大家感到十分有趣,一齐找到大槐树下,挖出一个很大的蚂蚁洞,旁边有孔,通向南边树枝,那里有一个小蚂蚁洞。很显然,这就是所谓的“南柯郡”、“槐安国”!〖ThePenumbrasandtheShadow〗Thepenumbrasaskedtheshadow,“Amomentagoyouwerelookingdownandnowyouarelookingup;amomentagoyourhairwastiedupandnowitishangingloose;amomentagoyouweresittingandnowyouarestanding;amomentagoyouwerewalkingandnowyouarestandingstill.Howisallthis?”罔两问影虚影问影子说:“你先前低着头现在仰起头,先...