Melancholy, depression and unhappiness. (悒悒不樂)
Chinese people believe in a special
connection between the human body and the universe. Through specific Taoist
cultivation methods, some people can achieve a unique transformation of their
body and mind.
If someone is fortunate enough to succeed
in this cultivation, they can attain immortality.
They also believe that, alongside the world
we perceive, there are two others. One of these worlds, called the underworld,
is inhabited by the dead. The other, the Celestial Realm, is inhabited by those
who have achieved immortality.
These three worlds do not interfere with
each other, but they sometimes connect. The operating rules of these three
worlds are similar, and each has a central government that rewards and punishes
its people for good and evil.
A royal history book from the Song dynasty
contains an ancient Chinese fantasy story.
It tells the story of a girl named Lu
Miaodian who disliked eating meat and hated the taste of Chinese rice wine from
a young age. One day, when she was a teenager, she told her mother, 'The food
we eat smells terrible. This smell makes me dizzy and nauseous. Eating it is
extremely painful. If I had a choice, I wouldn't want to eat anything.'
Later, she learned a special Taoist
cultivation method that enabled one to obtain all the daily nutrients the body
needs through breathing. She slowly began to break free from the torment of
having to eat every day.
However, although she had learned to
abstain from food, she was still depressed and unhappy. When her mother asked
her why, she replied, 'We each live a very short time in this world. Even the
longest-lived person can only live to about 120 years old. If I had the
opportunity, I would like to learn how to become immortal. I want to be someone
who lives forever. I want to leave this world and live in Celestial Realm.'
Perhaps her desire was so strong that, a
few years later, she met a Taoist priest. After hearing her wish, the priest
gave her a book and said:
'This is a book with wondrous power. 'If
you can read it with a focused and reverent heart more than ten thousand times,
you will experience miraculous changes.' If you read it consistently with a
focused and reverent heart more than ten thousand times, you can become the
immortal person you desire.'
Lu Miaodian believed the Taoist priest.
From that day on, she practised reading the book with a focused and reverent
heart. After several months, however, she found that the surrounding
environment of her residence was too noisy for her to concentrate for long. So
she left her parents and moved to a mountain to live in seclusion.
She lived on this mountain for over ten
years. Her lifestyle was very simple and she had almost no material desires.
Her most important task each day was to focus on reciting this classic book.
Sometimes she experienced emotional ups and downs, but she did not become
discouraged or give up. She was determined to keep her mind pure and simple.
One day, about twenty years after Lu
Miaodian had settled on the mountain, a celestial being suddenly appeared
before her. They told her, "Your performance has passed the test. You are
now qualified to become an immortal and live in the Celestial Realm."
"I have a pill here. If you eat it,
you can come with me to the Celestial Realm."
Lu Miaodian finally realised her dream.
This idiom translates directly as
'sorrowful, depressed and unhappy'.
It is used to describe a person who is
sorrowful, depressed and unhappy.
Dear friend, what are your feelings or
thoughts after hearing this story?
What dream are you willing to persevere
for? Regardless of your current age, what are your aspirations for the future?
I hope this story gives you some new
insights.
悒悒不樂(elancholy, depression and unhappiness.)
中國人相信人體跟宇宙之間有一種特殊的關聯性，有些人可以通過一些特殊的道教的修煉方式來讓自已的身體與心靈發生特殊的轉化。
若一個有福氣的人這種修練方式並且成功之後，這個人就可以達到長生不老的境界。
中國人也相信除了我們感知到的世界之外，還有兩個世界，其中一個世界中住著那些已經死去的人，這個世界叫做陰間。另外一個世界中住著那些達到長生不老的境界的人，這個世界叫做天界。
這三個世界互不干擾但有時候會相連接，這三個世界中的運作規則很類似，三個世界中都有中央政府在管理並且針對其人民的善與惡進行獎勵與懲罰。
中國的宋代的一本皇家的歷史書中記載了一個中國古代的奇幻故事。
有一個名字叫做魯妙典的女孩子，她從小就不喜歡吃肉，她也討厭中國米酒的味道。她十幾歲的時候的某一天，她對她的母親說，我覺得我們吃的食物聞起來有一種很臭的味道，這個味道會讓我感覺到頭昏且想吐，把這些食物吃下去的過程讓我感到非常痛苦，如果可以選擇我真的不想吃任何食物。
後來她學習到道教的一種特殊的修煉的方式，這種方式可以讓一個人從呼吸中就得到身體每天所需的各種營養，她才開始慢慢地擺脫每天都要吃東西的這種困擾。
她雖然學會的可以不吃東西，但她還是每天憂愁抑鬱且不快樂，她的母親問她為何仍然不快樂的原因，她回答她的母親。
我們每個人活在這個世界上的時間很短暫，最長壽的人也大概只能活到120歲左右，如果有機會，我想要學習如何成為不朽的方法，我想要成為長生不老的人，我想要離開這個世界，我想要住在天界。
可能是她的願望非常的強烈，幾年後她遇到了一個道士，這個道士聽到她的願望後就拿出一本書給她並對她說。
這是一本有著奇妙的力量的書，如果你可以保持專注與誠敬的心來讀這本書，你就會發生很奇妙的改變，如果你可以持續保持專注與誠敬讀這本書超過一萬次，你就可以成為妳所希望成為的不朽的人。
魯妙典相信那個道士的話，她從那天開始就練習如何專心與誠敬的讀這本書，幾個月之後，她發現自己住的地方的周圍環境太過吵雜讓她無法長時間保持專注，她就離開她的父母者搬到一座山上隱居。
她在這座山上住了十幾年，她的生活方式很簡單，她也幾乎沒有物質的慾望，她每天最重要的工作就是專注地念這本經典的書籍。有時候，她也會遇到一些心情起伏的時刻，但是她沒有灰心也沒有因此放棄，她每天堅持讓自己的心境保持乾淨與簡單。
當魯妙典在這座山上住了大概20年之後的某一天，有一個住在天界的不朽的人突然出現在她的面前，那個不朽的人對她說，妳的表現已經通過考核，妳有資格成為一個長生不老的人並且住在天界。我這裡有一顆丹藥，妳吃下去就可以跟我一起去到天界。
魯妙典最終終於實現的她的夢想。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是憂愁抑鬱且不快樂。
這句成語被用來形容一個人憂愁抑鬱且不快樂的樣子。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你願意為了妳的什麼夢想持續不斷的堅持呢嗎?不管你現在幾歲，你對你的未來有怎樣的想像呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為太平廣記-女仙七-魯妙典