How many of today's Chinese people have read the Tao Te Ching? I don't think so much.
But how much do you know? I don't think it will be less.
Because in daily life, we often use some content related to him.
For example, "blessings and misfortunes depend on each other", "the sky is long", "trance" and so on. It is said that the Tao Te Ching is divided into two volumes, one "Tao" and one "Virtue", of course, some people say that the "Tao Te Ching" read today is not the original text, and the original text has been unearthed in an archaeological relic, which is completely different. But according to custom, we speak according to this universal version of the Tao Te Ching.
The content of this article is not to show off to everyone. How much does Jiangyang Gu drinker know about the Tao Te Ching, not an academic research discussion, but someone asked whether the Tao Te Ching can be called the first work in ancient and modern China and abroad?
I think this question is of no great significance, if you say that although some people joke that "Lao Tzu is the first in the world", I think this ancient wisdom sage will not have any ideas about these false names. However, future generations, without learning its spirit, will go to compare the behavior of not being able to eat and wear, which not only cannot raise the status of this classic work, but some of them have made it a little bit of a joke.
If you ask me how the Tao Te Ching is, I just want to tell you that it is a fortunate thing to understand a little and use it correctly in your own life path. Just as Confucius said, "If you hear the Tao, you can die at night."
This is not to say that you understand this truth, you can die at night or die without regrets, where there is such a disregard for the existence of life. But when you understand the true meaning of life or the meaning of living, you are certainly willing to use your life to defend its value and explain its importance.
Lao Tzu's philosophical work, which has been punctuated for more than two thousand years, and which has been punctuated and broken today, has a total of less than 7,000 words, and each paragraph is very concise and concise in expressing the philosophical form of Tao and virtue, and to this day, it still affects the way the Chinese people act. That alone is great enough.
The aforementioned "trance", we Luzhou people will change into a person doing things in a muddy, nervous, unreliable, not careful. Mainly for small children. Are you saying this is a wrong understanding? No, this is the true embodiment of the avenue like water.
It embraces all things, not all things. Jin Yong's no tricks are victorious, Bruce Lee's can't be the law, the infinite is limited, all of which are influenced by Lao Tzu. It is Lao Tzu's inaction and inaction.
If I were to speak of the Tao Te Ching, I would not have the ability to do so, and no one would like to listen to it. But I'd love to share with you the impact of this book.
What I like very much is that it gives me a code of conduct, that is, it does not require you to be superstitious and religious, enslaved by authority, there is no distinction between high and low beauty and ugliness, any form is temporary, as long as you dare to understand and adjust, there will always be a better side.
Mr. Li Er, tell us that pampering and not being shocked is a degree that people must cultivate to, but before that, we go through those chases that are not fault, it is just the process you have to go through to improve yourself and cultivate your mind. The blind spots you don't know are all things that make you feel afraid and afraid, and the Tao Te Ching tells you the origin, the law of development, and the ever-changing one, so it gives people a good medicine to stabilize their hearts.
After reading it well, you can continue to confirm it in your own growth, which is the most proud place for our people.
After you learn it, you are not even required to take it as a guideline, and you can still make a unique way, because Lao Tzu hopes that everyone can become various forms like water, in order to be soft.
In this regard, its greatness has long crossed the ages and borders, and of course there is no need to use our smallness to give it a first false title.
I think Lao Tzu, I hope we can understand the truth and follow the right way.
As he said: Faith is not beautiful, and beautiful words are not believed. The good do not argue, and the debater is not good. Those who know are not knowledgeable, and those who are knowledgeable do not know. The saints do not accumulate, thinking that the more they have themselves, the more they have with themselves. The way of heaven is good and not harmful; the way of the saints is for the sake of not arguing.
This means: words that are true and credible are not beautiful, and words that are beautiful are not true. Good people don't happen to say it, and people who say it cleverly don't do it. People who really have knowledge do not show off, and people who show off how much they know are not really knowledgeable. The saint is not possessive, but tries to take care of others, and he himself is more abundant; he tries to give to others, and he himself is richer. The law of nature is to make all things good, not to hurt them. The code of conduct of the saints is not to compete with others for anything.