Today, let's talk about the second chapter of the "Health Chapter".
Nourishing the body, it is easy to understand, is to raise the body, but here is not to fatten, fat. Rather, it is about cultivating the mind and cultivating virtue. Such as the meaning of "Yi Kun Gua" Houde.
The world knows that beauty is beauty, evil has been known to be good, good is not good, there is no such thing as being born, it is difficult to grow short, it is a phase of form, a high, a sound, a sound, and a phase before and after is a saint who does nothing to do, does not say anything, teaches all things to do without resignation and does not act without doing anything, and does not do anything but does not live in order to not go
The broken sentences in this chapter are not controversial and relatively easy.
The world knows that beauty is beauty, and evil has been. Everyone knows that what is good is good, and what is not good is good. Therefore, there is a phase of existence and non-existence, the phase of difficulty and ease, the phase of length and shortness, the inclination of high and low, the harmony of sound and sound, and the phase of before and after. It is the saint who does nothing and does what he does not teach. All things are done without resignation, born without being, for the sake of not being ashamed, and the achievements are not dwelling. If the husband does not live, he does not go.
The world knows that beauty is beauty, and evil has been. Everyone knows that what is good is good, and what is not good is good.
Si, also. Do the analysis, discern the solution.
Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beautiful because there is evil to compare. We all know that the reason why goodness is good is that there is a comparison of badness.
In Lao Tzu's view, beauty and goodness cannot exist independently, but only with the opposites of beauty and goodness, evil and unwholesomeness, beauty and goodness are established. This is the naïve dialectical materialist thinking of early Chinese.
Therefore, there is a phase of existence and non-existence, the phase of difficulty and ease, the phase of length and shortness, the inclination of high and low, the harmony of sound and sound, and the phase of before and after.
So, yes and no, difficult and easy, long and short, high and low, tone and sound, before and after, these relationships are relative, changeable. This is still saying that things are constantly changing.
It is the saint who does nothing and does what he does not teach.
Therefore, the saints do things according to laws and norms, and will not go beyond them, and teaching and educating others will not use language that does not conform to laws and norms.
Doing nothing and not saying anything is not doing nothing, not saying nothing, not doing what is "doing"? Why "teach"? Instead, do not do things that are not standardized, do not do things that violate the law, do not say things that are not standardized, and do not say things that violate the law.
All things are done without resignation, born without being, for the sake of not being ashamed, and the achievements are not dwelling.
Here it is said that all things in nature do not shirk their labor, produce and biochemical results without irrational possession, make a difference without relying on, do not rely on the results obtained, achieve achievements without merit, and do not appropriate the credit for themselves. These four sentences continue to explain the principles of the saints in doing things in nature.
If the husband does not live, he does not go.
Only by not taking credit can we avoid being deviated from.
The short hundred and eight words in this chapter are the sum of the numbers in the heavens and the earth, and the Tao is full of human birth and defeat. "If the husband does not live, it is not to go", such a life, no matter what you are doing, can be regarded as a very successful.
Let's refer to this chapter, compare with the people around us, and think carefully about how Lao Tzu, who was more than 2,000 years ago, knew how to deal with the world!