According to the expert, why did Zhuangzi and Huizi have the debate in “Happy Fish”?
A. They were good friends and they enjoy the game of debating.
B. They had different philosophic ideas in their minds.
C. Zhuangzi was misled by Huizi and was merely employing sophistry.
D. This is probably a fake story; they had never gone outing together.
阅读二:The Penumbra is the shadow of the Shadow. The Penumbra asked the Shadow, "A moment ago you were walking, and now you have stopped; then you were sitting, and now you have stood up—why are you so changeble? Would you seriously make up your mind about what you want to do?"The Shadow replied, "I am just the shadow. I wait for the movements of something or someone else, and then I can follow up. And the very thing or the person that I wait for is also waiting for some other thing or person. A snake depends on its scales (鳞片) to crawl and a cicada depends on its wings to fly. How should I know why I do one thing, or do not do another?"(Adapted from James Legge’s The Chuang Tzu, p.37)阅读二(2)What’s the main implication of this fable?
A. It's easier said than done.
B. All creatures are living together in the world.
C. Things and creatures are usually interdependent.
D. It's a great challenge for creatures to evolve.
阅读三:One day, The Lord of the Yellow River asked the God of the Northern Sea, “What is natural and what is man-made?”The God of the Northern Sea replied, “The oxen and the horses have four legs. That is what I consider to be natural. When the horses are constrained with harnesses (马具), and the oxen are pierced (穿刺) with rings—I would say that’s what I consider to be man-made. Hence it is said, ‘Try not to harm the naturalness with too much man-made manipulation; try not to bury your natural self with too much pursuit of fame and fortune; carefully guard the natural Way and do not lose it—this is what I call reverting to your True Nature.”( Adapted from James Legge’s The Chuang Tzu, p.123)阅读三(1)Which one of the following statements is Not correct?
A horse’s harness is natural.
B. The ox’s nose ring is man-made.
C. Oxen and horses have four feet is natural.
D. Try not bury your natural self with too much desire.
阅读四:King Hui of Wei (named Wei Ying) made a treaty with King Wei of Qi (named Tian Houmou), but King Wei of Qi broke it. King of Wei was furious and was seeking revenge. Some advisors suggested that the king should send troops to attack Qi. Some said that he shouldn’t. Huazi suggested that the king should seek to discover the Dao, and he brought Dai Jinren to tell the king a story.Dai Jin-ren said, ’There is a creature called a snail; does your majesty know it?''I do.''On the left horn of the snail there is a kingdom which is called Provocation, and on the right horn another which is called Stupidity. These two kingdoms are continuously arguing about their territories and fighting. The corpses that lie on the ground are heaped up in multitudes. The army of one may be defeated and put to flight, only in fifteen days will they return.'The king said, 'Pooh! Does this funny empty talk have anything to do with me?'The other rejoined, 'I just want to show your majesty its real significance. When your majesty thinks of the six directions - east, west, north, and south, above and beneath - can you set any limit to it?' 'No limit.' said the king.'In the center of the limitless world, there is a state called Wei; in Wei there is the capital city of Liang; and in Liang there is your majesty. Can you make any distinction between yourself, and the king of the Stupidity kingdom?'The king answered, 'There is no distinction,' and his visitor went out, while the king remained dumbfounded and seemed to have lost himself. (Adapted from James Legge’s The Writings of Chuang Tzu, http://nothingistic.org/library/chuangtzu/)阅读四(1)Why does Dai Jinren compare the King of Wei to the king of the Stupidity kingdom?
A. He is ridiculing the king that he is as stupid as the king of the Stupidity kingdom.
B. He is showing the king that the world is big and he should learn to forgive and forget.
C. He is suggesting the king to do stupid things as to attack the other country.
D. He is explaining how big the world is and how big the king’s country is.