Caigen Tan was written by Hong Yingming, a hermit in Ming Dynasty. The author was keen on fame in his early years, lived in seclusion in his later years, devoted himself to worshipping Buddha and returned his name to the Taoist priest (it is really strange to worship Buddha as a Taoist priest). "Caigen Tan" is similar to a transcript, with no coherent context, just some understanding sentences of the author. The content is not obscure, but it does contain the author's decades of life experience. Of course, I usually read books outside the classics with a more critical eye. Caigen Tan was not taken seriously in Ming and Qing Dynasties, but it did set off a craze in recent ten years. In short, there are many profound feelings in the book, but there are also many problems. Most importantly, the author wants to integrate the thoughts of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism into one book and apply their views-I have to say that Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are partly communicating-but the author's realm seems to be still insufficient, and he wants to add wings to the tiger, but it seems a little different in the end. The reason is that although the author has extensively dabbled in the three religions, he has no "Tao" as the basis. You said that he studied Confucianism, but he didn't have the ambition to cultivate Qi and rule the peace and create peace for the people. He said: "You don't have to take credit for dealing with the world, but you can't help feeling timid." You said he studied Taoism and Buddhism, but you said, "Try to think about what he was like before he was born, what the scenery will be like after he died, and then he will be gloomy and indifferent." "The thought of white bones and yellow bodies makes a strong man feel cold." It can be seen that he actually studied Taoism and Buddhism, but he doesn't believe in Taoism or Buddhism. The business of a gentleman is based on this; It is naturally a negative outcome to adopt some viewpoints and perspectives of the three religions, but actually have no faith in them. In fact, the author does not believe in "detachment" or "lasting value". Whether it is lust, disillusionment, detachment, quietness, or even "looking at the problem from the breadth of the universe, looking at gains and losses from a long history", it is based on a key point-death is not the end-otherwise it is meaningless. In the full text, the author emphasizes that indifferent to fame and fortune, removing desire, emphasizing fame and fortune and so on are all external emptiness, but if you want to say that these are empty, there must be something real (of course, this is still a difference, the road is carried away, only indifferent, regardless of yin and yang, I will take a step back here). But in the article, between the lines of the author, people die like lights go out, in the final analysis, they are all empty (that is to say, Hong Jushi has been saying empty, but he never mentions the truth, or does he think that nothing is true? )。 If we take this idea as the basis of cognitive thinking, then I can say that negativity is inevitable, and all previous discussions about purity and lack of desire are meaningless-since there is nothing after death, what difference does it make whether desire is removed or not? What's the difference between a clear head and a clear head? Everything is just a dead word. From this point of view, nothing in that life is meaningful, whether it is a nation, a country, benefiting others and so on. Anyway, after death, there is nothing. What do you care about all this? Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, Confucianism only talks about joining the WTO, Taoism is reborn, and Buddhism is born into the WTO, but they are not negative. Here, I don't want to talk about Confucianism, which is self-cultivation and harmonious but different. Taoism pursues longevity and believes that it can be combined with Taoism and the harmony between man and nature. Buddhists have reincarnation, and the death of this world never means the end. Their common practice method of abstinence is a means rather than an end, so their practice is still brave and diligent. However, although Mr. Hong has always emphasized fame and fortune and demanded abstinence, it does not explain why this is for. Is it just for what he said, "I want to die without desire, but I will look down on everything when I am alive?" ) "? That's really dangerous!