15 Tao Te Ching General Explanation Chapter XV

15 Tao Te Ching General Explanation Chapter XV

original:

The goodness of the ancients is the Taoist, and the subtle Xuanda is deeply unmotivated. Husbands can't be ambitious, so they are strong. A: Wading with Oh Ruodong; Ju He Ruo Fearing Neighbors; Yan He Ruo Guest; Shu He Qi Ruo Ling Shi; Dun He Qi Ruo Pu; Xiang He Qi Ruo Hu Ruo Hu; Kuang He Qi Ruo Gu. Turbid and affectionate, the woman is born with a heavy life, and she does not want to gain. The husband does not want to be profitable, so that he can hide it and not succeed.

exegesis:

The original text is mainly based on the version of the Tao Te Ching unearthed by Mawangdui.

Good For the Tao: A person who is good at cultivating.

Micro Xuanda: Micro, as mentioned in the previous chapter, "what can be seen and cannot be seen." 眇, the original meaning is one eye, which means that one eye can see. ☆ Micro-squint, micro-inverted sentence; one eye can see what ordinary people want to see but can't see; that is, insight is subtle. Such people are obviously very powerful. ☆ Genji Dao. ☆ Reach, accessible, thorough, throughout the ancient and modern, see through the world. ☆ Micro-Xuanda, that is, Wei-Da Xuan, can see what others want to see but can't see in one eye, and deeply understands the Tao; that is, insight is subtle, and the Tao is profound. I don't know how the descendants did it, but the simple meaning is said to be in the clouds and fog, and the gods are like gods.

Deep and unambitious: Zhi, "heart" above the "zhi" of the meaning, the meaning is to want, yearn, ambition, desire. ☆ Deep and unmotivable, far-reaching thinking ordinary people can not think, profound degree of ordinary people can not imagine. Agree with "Unfathomable".

Strong for tolerance: strong, reluctant; tolerant, described, described.

Wading with Oh Ruodong: With, the same kind, socializing; interacting with people is as careful as wading in winter. Those who do not understand the Tao are barbaric, and those who understand the Tao are afraid of associating with barbarians; therefore they are careful and cautious. ☆ Wading with Oh Ruodong, he interacts with people as cautiously as crossing the river in winter.

Fear of the four neighbors: Judah, hesitation, wandering; fear, fear, fear; neighbors, people around. ☆ If he is afraid of his neighbors, he wanders forward like he is afraid of the people around him. The people who can bring danger and harm to themselves are generally those around them, especially their own relatives and friends; this is true. Therefore, be vigilant and fearful of those around you.

Strict, solemn, serious, fearful, restrained, respectful; he is solemn as a guest.

涣呵其若凌解: 涣,涣,The original meaning is dispersion, dispersion, extended to slack, relaxation, freedom and carelessness; Ling, ice; interpretation, the original meaning is separation, decomposition, extended to explanation, elimination, release, ablation. ☆ Hehe Qiruo Ling, he is free to wander like ice and snow melting.

Dun, generous and sincere; Simple, unprocessed wood, is likened to unadorned, unpretentious, unpretentious. ☆ Dun Oh its simplicity, he Dun Hou is simple like natural wood.

湷若若浊: 湷 (湷(hún), the ancient same as "muddy", the water is not clear, muddy, confused, unclear; turbid, not clear, not clean, turbid. ☆ Oh his turbidity, he is like muddy water.

Broad and broad: open, empty and wide, by extension cheerful, broad-minded. ☆ Open to the valley, his heart is wide like an empty valley.

Turbidity and emotion: emotion, inspired and germinated, external information acts on the psychological reactions that people inevitably produce, and extends to nature and temperament. Love, make it return to its nature. ☆ Turbidity and love are clear, so that the turbidity returns to its nature and leaves a clear and transparent. And its light, with its dust, Cham is like or exists.

Female with heavy afterbirth: female, Gu Tongru, you. Refers to the previous sentence. ☆ Female to heavy afterlife, you attach importance to such a truth left behind is life.

Bao this way does not want to win: Bao, the grass is lush, luxuriant. Surplus, the water overflowed, superfluous, excessive. ☆ Bao this way does not want to be profitable, lush such a way but do not excessive.

Hide and don't: hide, hide. Done, finished, finished. ☆ Hidden instead of accomplished, life is hidden in the Tao and does not end.

General:

The goodness of the ancients is the Taoist, and the subtle Xuanda is deeply unmotivated.

In ancient times, people who were good at cultivating the Tao were able to gain insight into the subtle and thorough understanding of the Tao, and the degree of profundity was unimaginable to ordinary people.

★ Those who are good at cultivating are unfathomable, and ordinary people cannot understand it. Why? Explanations begin later.

Husbands can't be ambitious, so they are strong. A: Wading with Oh Ruodong; Ju He Ruo Fearing Neighbors; Yan He Ruo Guest; Shu He Qi Ruo Ling Shi; Dun He Qi Ruo Pu; Xiang He Qi Ruo Hu Ruo Hu; Kuang He Qi Ruo Gu.

It is because he is unfathomable that he can only be described reluctantly by the following description. That is to say: he interacts with people as cautiously as he crosses a river in winter; he wanders forward as if he is afraid of the people around him; he is solemn and serious as a guest; he is free and loose like the melting of ice and snow; he is as thick and simple as natural wood; he is as confused as muddy water; he is as broad-minded as an empty valley.

★ A noble person, careful and cautious in his dealings with people, afraid of the people around him, solemn and serious, free and loose, generous and simple, confused, and broad-minded. The "old naughty boy" Zhou Botong in "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter" seems to be such a person. People who are good at cultivating the Tao actually put themselves in a state of confusion, and this state can make people confused with the Tao and immortal; therefore, ordinary people cannot understand it.

Turbid and affectionate, the woman is born with a heavy life, and she does not want to gain. The husband does not want to be profitable, so that he can hide it and not succeed.

What leaves the turbidity back to its nature is clear and transparent, and if you pay attention to this truth, you can retain life, and the way of exuberance is not excessive. It is precisely because it is not excessive that life is hidden in the Tao and will not end.

★ When the water is clear, there are no fish. Thoroughly understand that to be mixed with all things, it is necessary to be independent and self-purifying, not to be excessive. And its light, with its dust, Cham is like or exists. Only by mixing with the Tao and hiding in the Tao can we live forever.

Translation:

In ancient times, people who were good at cultivating the Tao were able to gain insight into the subtle and thorough understanding of the Tao, and the degree of profundity was unimaginable to ordinary people. It is because he is unfathomable that he can only be described reluctantly by the following description. That is to say: he interacts with people as cautiously as he crosses a river in winter; he wanders forward as if he is afraid of the people around him; he is solemn and serious as a guest; he is free and loose like the melting of ice and snow; he is as thick and simple as natural wood; he is as confused as muddy water; he is as broad-minded as an empty valley. What leaves the turbidity back to its nature is clear and transparent, and if you pay attention to this truth, you can retain life, and the way of exuberance is not excessive. It is precisely because it is not excessive that life is hidden in the Tao and will not end.

keynote:

It is suggested that people should not be maverick, not too real, and that the layman observes, and I am alone. We must learn to integrate into nature, integrate into the environment, mix with all things, and hide in the Tao in order to live forever.

Although this reading is very different from the interpretations of previous experts and scholars, it is consistent with the views of other chapters.

For reference only.