What does Lu Xun mean by saying "Yang Zhu has no books

"Creation always comes from love, and Yang Zhu has no books." This sentence expresses Lu Xun's point of view, that is, the original creation is always rooted in love, which is a kind of dedication, while Yang Zhu in history was a man who "pulled out a dime to benefit the world", so he had no love and no books. Lu Xun's general idea is that this is the most unique hermit in history who really does not seek fame. No matter how others flaunt it, they always express their ideology in some form. Only Yang Zhu really doesn't express it at all.

"Creation always comes from love, and Yang Zhu has no books." At first glance, it is puzzling. ? "Yang Zhu has no books", which is easy to understand. As one of the pre-Qin philosophers, Yang Zhu didn't have any works, so he could only spy on Yang Zhu's theory from Liezi and other books. However, the previous sentence "Creation always comes from love" is still quite confusing here, and to solve this doubt, we should start from Yang Zhu without books. ?

The reason for Yang Zhu's "no book" has long been impossible to verify, and later generations speculate that there are two situations: first, Yang Zhu did not write a book; Second, Yang Zhu also wrote it, but for some reason, it failed to spread to later generations. Think again, two reasons may lead to the second situation: first, Yang Zhu's self-destruction; Second, Yang Zhu was left behind. ?

To sum up, there are three possibilities for "Yang Zhu has no books": first, he has no writings; Second, it was lost because of its own destruction; The third one was left behind him. These three possible root causes are nothing more than Yang Zhu's own mentality and his theory itself-there is no love in troubled times, and the theory goes against the trend in the torrent of contention.

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Yang Zhu, surnamed Yang, a native of Wei State (Qin State), was a great thinker and philosopher in the early Warring States period in China. Yang Zhu advocated the ideas of "valuing oneself", "rebirth" and "not losing a cent". He is the founder of Yang Zhu School of Taoism. His opinions on dissolution can be found in Liezi, Zhuangzi, Mencius, Everything is Wrong, and Lv Chunqiu.

Yang Zhu opposed Mozi's "universal love" and Confucius' "ethical code". Advocate "attaching importance to life" and "attaching importance to oneself", attach importance to the preservation of personal life, and oppose others' encroachment on themselves and their encroachment on others. On one occasion, Mozi's student Bird Slip asked Yang Zhu, "If pulling out a hair on your body can benefit the whole world, will you?"

"The world's problems can never be solved by pulling out a hair!" The bird said, "If you can, will you?" Yang did not answer.

At that time, Mencius, another great thinker and representative of Confucianism, commented on Yang Zhu and Mozi: "Andy advocated' for me', even if pulling out a hair on his body was beneficial to the world, he would not do it, while Mozi advocated' universal love', as long as it was beneficial to the world, even if his head was polished and his foot was broken, he would be willing." The above is a penniless source, which means very stingy and selfish.

Yang Zhu has no love, so there is no book.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Wei and Jin demeanor and articles and the relationship between medicine and wine