论春秋时代的隐士

Study on The Recluses in the Spring and Autumn Period

春秋时代的隐士常常被人与无足轻重的葫芦联系在一起,"无益"又"无用",生命之轻承载着隐士生存之重;出仕的君子则是"比德于玉";隐士不臣君主,不友诸侯,让君主难容,因而受到迫害。隐士只好或佯狂于世,或遁迹深山,以求全生。

The recluses in the Spring and Autumn Period have been connected with ＂gourds＂,which means ＂unprofitable＂ and ＂useless＂.The importance of the existence of a recluse makes a contrast to the lightness of a life.Those so-called good people who were serving in political positions liked to consider their virtues as jade;while the recluses who liked neither serving some masters nor making friends with their kings were hated by the governors,then got political persecutions.Therefore,the recluses had to pretend to be insane or live a secluded life in remote,forested mountains in order to protect themselves from being killed.