Original: Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beauty and evil is self; Everyone knows it is good, but he is not good at it. Whether there is or not, difficulty and difficulty complement each other, the length of punishment, the level of competition, and the harmony between sound and sound. It is based on the sage's inaction, the teaching without words, the beginning of everything, the ambition and the success. The husband only stayed at home, but the husband went.
Origin: The second chapter of Tao Te Ching, the philosophical works of Laozi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period,
As we all know, beauty is because of ugliness. Everyone knows that good is good, because there is evil. Therefore, there is mutual transformation between existence and non-existence, mutual formation between difficulty and easiness, mutual presentation of length and breadth, mutual complementarity of height and breadth, harmony of sound and sound, and continuity-this is eternity.
Therefore, the sage treats the world with a view of inaction and educates the world in a silent way: let everything go with the flow without starting, do something without adding their own tendencies, and succeed without pretending to be themselves. Just because you don't take credit, there is no loss.
In this chapter, Laozi gives a relation that can be regarded as a theorem, defines his concept of inaction, and generally expounds the main points of his social and political theory.
Extended data:
According to the literature, Lao Tzu is quiet, studious and knowledgeable. In the process of teaching knowledge by his teacher, Shang Rong, Laozi always gets to the bottom of the matter and is very eager for knowledge. In order to solve doubts, he often looks up at the sun, moon and stars and thinks about what the sky is, so that he often can't sleep. Later, Mr. Shang Rong "really learned everything from the old lady." Recommend Laozi to study in Zhoudu.
Laozi was born in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the environment was weak in the Zhou Dynasty, and various governors constantly competed for hegemony. The violent turmoil and changes made Lao Tzu witness the sufferings of the people, which was regarded as the Tibetan history of the Zhou Dynasty, so he put forward a series of thoughts on governing the country and protecting the people.
Yin also played a great role in the compilation of Tao Te Ching. When he was young, he was fond of astronomy, reading ancient books, and had a profound cultivation. Sima Qian recorded in Historical Records Biography of Laozi that Laozi "lived in Zhou for a long time and saw Zhou decline, so he went away." Guan Guan (Order) Yin said, "My son must be hidden and written by me, so I walked with five thousand words of morality, and I never knew it."
Yin moved Lao Tzu, who traced his life experience, the success or failure of the dynasty and the safety of the people, and wrote two books, Tao Te Ching, with five thousand words.
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