2 . ▁All ▁the ▁water ▁in ▁the ▁ocean ▁is ▁manif ested ▁as ▁waves . ▁This ▁is ▁analog ous ▁to ▁original ▁reality ' s ▁manifest ation ▁as ▁function ▁of ▁ten ▁thousand ▁things , ▁that ▁is , ▁one ▁function ▁and ▁another . ▁ 3 . ▁All ▁the ▁waves ▁are ▁analog ous ▁to ▁the ▁in numerable ▁functions ; ▁ 4 . ▁All ▁the ▁waves ▁are ▁mut ually ▁assim il able ▁to ▁a ▁whole ; ▁this ▁is ▁analog ous ▁to ▁the ▁mut ual ▁assim ilation ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁functions ▁into ▁a ▁whole . ▁From ▁the ▁above , ▁we ▁can ▁see ▁that ▁the ▁met ap hor ▁of ▁the ▁ocean ▁and ▁the ▁waves ▁best ▁ill umin ates ▁the ▁relation ▁between ▁original ▁reality ▁and ▁function ." ▁ ▁The ▁idea ▁that ▁reality ▁and ▁function ▁are ▁in ▁fact , ▁one ▁unit , ▁is ▁a ▁met aph ys ical ▁claim ▁that ▁is ▁key ▁to ▁Conf u cian ism . ▁This ▁means ▁that ▁the ▁phenomen al ▁flux ▁of ▁change ▁is ▁not ▁ill us ory , ▁but ▁is ▁intr ins ically ▁meaning ful . ▁Thus , ▁if ▁original ▁reality ▁is ▁in ▁daily ▁life , ▁human ▁lives ▁should ▁be ▁devoted ▁to ▁daily ▁cultiv ation ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁att ain ▁the ▁vision ▁of ▁original ▁reality . ▁ ▁Change ▁and ▁transformation ▁X ion g ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁world ▁is ▁in ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁constant ▁change , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁ability ▁of ▁changing ▁into ▁all ▁things ▁is ▁exactly ▁what ▁character izes ▁original ▁reality . ▁He ▁also ▁refers ▁to ▁original ▁reality ▁as ▁" et ernal ▁transformation " ▁or ▁" the