Explanation of Nan Hua Zhen Ren Praise Poem (南華真人讚簡介)

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Upon request, in here, I will do a quick Explanation & Translation of the Praise Poem of Nan Hua Zhen Ren aka Zhuang Zi (莊子).

南華真人讚
天是被來地是床。
日月為燈星燭光。
爾笑吾痴不識真。
吾笑爾痴智閉頓。
糞里自有大道理。
樓蟻肚內裝乾坤。
葫蘆無用為有用。
夫世之人不認真。
南華修道道修人。
一真幻無上九層。
太虛虛幻幻似虛。
爾吾吾爾真非真。

The Praise Poem goes like this:

Using Heaven as my Blanket while I rest on the Mother Earth, acting as my Bed.
Need no Oil Lamps, Sun, Moon & Stars are my Source of Light in my Daily Life.
Whenever I use such description, Others mock at me as if I'm Crazy.
But, I laugh at the Others, cos' they are 'Blinded' by the Un-true Reality.
Someone ask me What is Dao, I replied Dao is Shit.
Someone ask me What is Dao, I replied Dao is as Small as Organs of a Ant in a form of Tiny.
Someone told me a Large Gourd is Useless, but to me, Useless is the Source of Useful.
Why Mortal just dont make an Effort to Realise the True-True, rather Blindly follow the Un-true True?
I Cultivate my Dao in Mountain Nan Hua but actually is Dao Cultivated me in Nan Hua.
Only when Dao Cultivate me and allow me to reach the High Level of Dao, then I'm able to Connect Dao.
Dao is Null and Null is Dao.
Did I get Dao? Did You get Dao? I did get it. Dao did get Me. So who gets who?
This is Dao.

Note:

In the Real Life of Zhuang Zi, whenever he is free, he will like to hymn out a Song that tell the Others that he treated the Heaven like Blanket & Earth as his Bed.

Due to he is quite poor, so most of the time, in his home, no Oil-lamps are being used. This is why, he will explained to the Others that Sun, Moon & Stars are the Light source that he enjoyed.

With these types of Crazy statements, alot of the People that Zhuang Zi know, like to mock him as a Mad-guy. But to Zhuang Zi, those who are not able to Enjoy the Natural Resources that the Dao bestowed to them, such People are the "True Madness".

Once, Zhuang Zi's Friend came to visit him. After knowing that Zhuang Zi only know of how to perform "Useless" Cultivation of Dao, his Friend asked him in a very Unpolite Way of what is Dao.

Zhuang Zi knew that his Friend asked this out of No-good-will, so Zhuang Zi replied to him that Dao is Shit and Dao is like Tiny Ant, dirty & ugly but they are there with a Reason behind.

After getting the explanation, his Friend felt ashame and with an immediate farewell, his Friend flee-off (All these are recording in Nan Hua Jing 南華經).

At an Old Age, Zhuang Zi's disciples asked him on the main Reason of Cultivation. Zhuang Zi replied that Dao actually existed in All Corners in this World and also in everywhere we are in. As long as we are able to realise that Truth of the Existing of Dao, Dao will be us & us will be able to merge into Dao.

Soon after Zhuang Zi advised his disciples of the Reality of Dao, Zhuang Zi got his Immortal-hood.