What does Taoism think of cats as creatures?
There is a story about Xu Wugui in Zhuangzi. Xu Wugui once said, "I look like a dog. The quality is all, and it is also a raccoon. " I'll check it out. I found that inferior dogs like wild cats and beg for food, but everyone likes cats because cats are free!
Later generations also have Gao Dao who thinks that cats are examples that practitioners should follow! Not only Bai Yuchan once said, but also many people praised the cat's singleness. "Bai Yuchan's Quotations of True Stories" said: "I can't see a cat catching a mouse! Staring at your eyes, but not moving, your heart is no different, your heart is not delusional, your feet are not straight, and you can't miss anything. " When you look at the cat's paw and mouse, your eyes are fixed on the mouse, your limbs are motionless, your heart and soul are on the mouse, and you can catch the mouse every time.
From these two points of view, cats are still quite good in the eyes of Taoism, and they can be single-minded even if they are satisfied. It can be described as a German beast. No wonder people feel happier after smoking cats. There are many wonderful things about cats in metaphysics. Han Huang of A Qing Dynasty compiled a book called Cat Garden, which also recorded supernatural phenomena about cats.
A dime of silver
This book thinks that it is cold for people to touch a cat's nose, but in summer solstice, the cat's nose is warm because the cat belongs to the shade.
Ermao station
The cat washed its face on its ears, and the guests arrived at the host's house the next day. Does this look like a lucky cat to everyone? Youyang Za in the Tang Dynasty once wrote: "A cat that washes its face and ears will welcome guests." The action of a cat washing its face is exactly the action of a lucky cat. This action will take the guest to the host's house. For businessmen, guests are wealth, which means that lucky cats are intended to attract guests.
(Wash your face and ears)
Sanmaomeng
Every dream cat swallows live fish, and the main family stands.
Cats dream of catching mice, and the Lord gains money, so as to prevent the disaster of children.
Every dream of a lion cat is a sign of happiness at home.
Four cats drink and smoke.
The book Ancient and Modern Poetry once said: "Cats can drink, so Li Chun has a poem about cats drinking." Then Han Huang, the author of "Cat Garden", tried it himself and found that if the wine was put in the cat's mouth, the cat would drink it by itself.
Han Huang also recorded that several cats in Zhezhong County liked to smoke on the sofa. As long as people smoke, the cat will go, and if people don't smoke, the cat will leave. I wonder if Natsume Soseki has read this book. Unfortunately, the cat in I am a cat died of drunkenness.
Revenge of five cats
Ji Xiaolan's Notes on Yuewei Caotang records that Mrs. Guo has a cat at home. This cat is often bullied by Mrs. Guo's handmaid. One day, Mrs. Guo counted six pears and found that there were fewer. She suspected that the maid had stolen them and then whipped her. As a result, someone found pears with cat's paw marks on them in the kitchen. Everyone knows that the pear was stolen by the cat in retaliation for her maid.
Later, the maid tried to kill the cat, but Mrs. Guo stopped her, saying that since the cat knew that revenge must be a spiritual animal, if you kill the cat like this, the maid will seek revenge from you when the cat dies, and the cat will never bully the cat again, and the cat is not afraid of this maid.
Liumaoling steet
The ancients thought that cats were particularly clean and aura creatures, different from cows, donkeys and dogs, so both expensive cats and cheap cats were cherished.
Seven cats are crying at home.
In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, there was a cat crying in the Chu government. At that time, the Chu government was killed countless times. It is included in the introduction of Suikou. As for the black cat that people are afraid of, it is actually a western custom, and the black cat is still very cute! Very evil!
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