"Heaven and earth have great beauty without saying anything; Everything happens for a reason, and it doesn't distinguish ... "Where did it come from?

The original sentence should be "There is great beauty in heaven and earth, but nothing is said, and there is a clear law at four o'clock, and everything is reasonable and nothing is said."

This sentence comes from "Zhuangzi Waipian Knowing the North Tour". The original text is long, and the excerpt is as follows:

Excerpts from the original text

There is great beauty in heaven and earth without saying anything, there is a clear law without discussing it at four o'clock, and everything is reasonable without saying anything. Sage, the original beauty of heaven and earth, the principle of everything. The old friend is inaction, the Great Sage is inaction, and the view of heaven and earth is also. Today, God is the best, and they are different. Everything died and Fiona Fang was born, but we don't know its origin. Everything is flat and solid since ancient times. Liuhe is a giant and has not left; Qiu Hao is very young, he is an adult; The world is full of ups and downs, and it will last forever; Yin and yang run at four o'clock, each in its order; Live if you die; Seemingly invisible but sacred; Everything is a beast and I don't know: this is called the root, and I can look up to the sky!

Vernacular translation

There is great beauty in heaven and earth, but it can't be expressed in words. There are obvious laws in the four seasons, but it can't be evaluated. There are ready-made laws in the change of everything, but there is no need to discuss them. Sages explore the beauty of heaven and earth and are familiar with the growth of all things, so the "Supreme One" does nothing about nature and the "Great Sage" will not make a move, which shows that he has made a thorough and meticulous observation of heaven and earth.

Avenue gods are exquisite and participate in various changes in the universe; Everything is dead, born, square and round, but no one knows the root of the change. Everything has existed naturally since ancient times. "Liuhe" is huge, but it can never go beyond the scope of Tao; Autumn has the smallest hair, and it is achieved by Taoism.

Everything in the universe is changing all the time, and always maintains a new attitude of change. Yin and Yang and the four seasons run continuously, each in its own order. Avenue is so chaotic and dark, as if it does not exist, but it is everywhere. It is full of vitality and mystery, but it does not leave a concrete image. Everything was brought up by it unconsciously. This is called Bengen, which can be used to observe the way of nature.

"Knowledge" is the name of a trust, and "traveling to the north" refers to traveling to the north.

In the traditional philosophical system, the north is called "Xuan", which means hazy and distant, so the north is the so-called unknown land. This paper mainly discusses that on the one hand, it points out the origin and essence of the universe, on the other hand, it also discusses people's understanding and attitude towards the universe and external things.

Extended data:

Zhuangzi is the masterpiece of Zhuang Zhou, a famous thinker in the Warring States Period, and Journey to the North is the last and important article of Zhuangzi Waipian, which is also of great significance for understanding the philosophical system of Zhuangzi.

Zhuangzi (about 369-286), Han nationality. Zhou, whose real name is Zi Xiu, was later called "South China Real Person". Song (now Mengcheng County, Anhui Province, now Minquan County, Shangqiu County, Henan Province) was born in the Warring States Period. Famous thinker, philosopher, writer, representative of Taoist school, inheritor and developer of Laozi's philosophical thought, master of ancient Taoist school in China, founder of Zhuangzi school in pre-Qin.

Zhuangzi's main idea is "Heaven does nothing", and he thinks that everything is changing. He believes that "Tao" is a natural place, and it is closed from the beginning of "Tao" (that is, "Tao" is unbounded). Advocate "inaction" and give up everything. It is believed that although the essence of everything has different characteristics, its "one" is the same, prosperous, carefree, poor in justice and morality, and even fatal. Politically, it advocates "governing by doing nothing", opposes all social systems, and abandons all hypocrisy, benevolence and hypocrisy.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhuangzi Waipian's Journey to the North