Continuing my excursion of Chuang Tzu through Thomas MERTON’s meditation. Incidentally at the last chapter, about his own funeral, Chuang Tzu conveniently uses the heaven and earth for his philosophical teaching, in the same fashion as Liu Ling did more than 600 years after when despising people’s ridicule.

《庄子·杂篇·列御寇第三十二》

庄子将死，弟子欲厚葬之。庄子曰：“吾以天地为棺椁，以日月为连璧，星辰为珠玑，万物为赍送。吾葬具岂不备邪？何以加此！”弟子曰：“吾恐乌鸢之食夫子也。”庄子曰：“在上为乌鸢食，在下为蝼蚁食，夺彼与此，何其偏也。”

When Chuang Tzu was about to die, his disciples began planning a splendid funeral. Read the rest of this entry »