今天在公交车上遇到一位脾气火爆的司机，怎么个火爆法呢？可以这么说，30分的行程，他有25分钟的时间一直在按车喇叭催促前面的车辆。剩余5分钟之所以没按喇叭，是因为到站停车的时候他一直在催促乘客快上快下所以没时间去按。

我便想起了《庄子-山木》里的一则故事“空船”。

故事“空船”讲的是一个人在乘船渡河的时候，前面一只船正要撞过来。这个人喊了好几声没有人回应，于是破口大骂前面开船的人不长眼。结果撞上来的竟是一只空船，于是刚才怒气冲冲的人，一下子怒火就消失得无影无踪了。

这个故事表面上讲的道理是：“人之所以生气，往往不是因为受到了什么伤害，而是因为觉得自己不应该受伤害”。但我要说的是“人之所以烦恼惆怅愤怒，是因为身处红尘之中，平静的内心被世俗所扰，世俗烦恼，他便烦恼；世俗愤怒，他便愤怒”。

而世俗到底是什么，怎么才能尽量少的不受它的干扰。

我给的答案便是“内求”而且还是在安静中内求，这样我们便能理解为什么很多隐士需要在山中修行，而为什么得大道者可在世俗中修行，因为得大道者的内心已经是一片净土，无论身处何地。

Today on the bus, I encountered a hot-tempered driver. How hot-tempered was he? Well, let me put it this way: during a 30-minute journey, he spent 25 minutes constantly honking the horn to urge the vehicles in front to move faster. The remaining 5 minutes he didn't honk because he was urging passengers to get on and off quickly when the bus arrived at its destination.

This reminded me of a story called "The Empty Boat" from the book Zhuangzi.

The story of "The Empty Boat" is about a person who was crossing a river on a boat when another boat came toward them. The person shouted several times but got no response, so he cursed at the person sailing the other boat for being careless. But it turned out that the approaching boat was actually empty, and the person's anger disappeared instantly.

The moral of the story is: "People often become angry not because they have been hurt, but because they think they should not be hurt." However, what I want to say is that "People become frustrated, anxious, and angry because their calm inner peace is disturbed by worldly things. When the world is troubled, so are they."

So what exactly is the world, and how can we minimize its interference?

My answer is "inner seeking," and it is best done in quietness. This is why many hermits need to meditate in the mountains, while those who attain enlightenment can practice in the world, because their hearts are already pure, no matter where they are.