Sinology: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 80

Chen Qinan, January 20, 2022

Sinology: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 80

Nine Treatises: Lao Tzu's Way of Anbang

Lao Tzu: The founding father of Chinese philosophy

Lao Tzu first made the argument:

The widows of the small state shall not use the instruments of the ten hundred, and the people shall be mortal and far away

。 There are boats and cars that are not ridden. There are armored soldiers who have nothing to show. Let the people tie the rope and use it.

Then Lao Tzu argued:

Eat willingly, dress beautifully, enjoy its customs, and live in peace.

Finally, Lao Tzu put forward the argument:

Neighbors look at each other, and the sounds of chickens and dogs hear each other

The people do not interact with each other until they are old and dead.

The chapter: The Book of The Book of The Armor is missing 14 words. There are 2 words missing from the book. Because the armor has the word "sound phase", it can be supplemented by the sound phase of the chicken dog. Therefore, B could have been a complete chapter.

The Han River Shanggong actually did not change the basic philosophical theory of the Tao Te Ching. But changing a state to a state is a mistake of principle. The Great Zhou Dynasty, the country within a country, China! It administers more than a hundred states, and the whole world is under the king's land. China cannot be divided. This is evidence that the contemporary Taiwan independence forces want to split China is a taiwan independence element that must be condemned by the whole world.

Also: Let the people have, add the word "people". Ten was changed to Shi. Don't change it to no. Distant disciple was changed to not far disciple and so on. The loss of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" is a zhou dynasty cultural original meaning and style that uses words but should be used.

The Han "Records of History" quotes Lao Tzu's words and changes them to: "The ultimate rule, neighbors look at each other, the voices of chickens and dogs hear each other, the people are willing to eat, beautiful clothes, settle down, and enjoy their business." When they are old and dead, they will not interact with each other, and they will use this as their business. In recent times, if the people are blind, there is almost no work!

Sima Qian saw the Han Room: Tu Min qimu! Society is in chaos, wars are constant, and people suffer. It is hoped that the ideal society proposed by Lao Tzu (the ultimate cure) can be realized.

The chapter can be explored and interpreted as:

There are more than 100 states in the Spring and Autumn Period, most of which are small states. Lao Tzu wanted very few people in small states. There are only ten hundred weapons and equipment. And because of social harmony, Aetna is useless. People look at life and live in peace. Stay away from war without being killed. Ships transported by chariots are useless. Although weapons are available, the armor can only be hidden in warehouses.

People live in poverty, do not close their homes at night, and do not pick up the roads. Harsh government, torture is useless. If the people return to the ancient times, there is no war-torn society where everyone lives in harmony. In the form of knotted rope notes. Peace between people: eat sweetly, dress beautifully, and enjoy customs

, peaceful stay. Neighboring countries coexist peacefully with each other, although the sounds of chickens and dogs can be heard between the two states. But the people of the two states are harmonious

Get along. Long live in a harmonious, anae society without war, peaceful coexistence, non-aggression.

(Continued)