Lao Tzu's simple understanding of "doing nothing, doing nothing" is as the title suggests, and the article is longer, about 3,560 crosses.
To repeat again, to read the Tao Te Ching, you must put yourself in a high enough position, let go of your mind wide enough, and break all the previous mental fences, otherwise, all you see is unrealistic, even bad.
I have seen a story before, to the effect that: an old couple gave birth to a son, just a fortune teller passed by, after seeing this child was greatly surprised, this son from Wenke Anbang, from Wuke Dingguo, business is rich and enemy of the country, in short, what they do will be successful; for this reason, the old couple is very fond of their son, afraid that he will suffer and suffer, and when they are in their twenties, the old couple has passed away one after another, and within a few years, the family property has also been spent by him, and he has fallen to borrow a broken temple, starving to death; to the king of Yama, he cried out in grievances. The king of Yan saw that his Yang Shou was not exhausted, and he was greatly puzzled, and called the fortune teller, and the fortune teller felt very wronged, so he invited the various steward immortals to confront each other, and several immortals also said that the fortune teller was right, but he did not learn literature nor did he do business from wu; this son questioned the god of wealth, then I should be rich and noble, you should send money to me, and the god of wealth felt even more wronged, saying that he put a lot of gold under the straw where this son slept in the broken temple, enough for him to enjoy his life, thinking that because gold would be underneath, he would turn over the straw, but unfortunately he did not do it.
What this story says is that everyone has previously understood Lao Tzu's "inaction"? Then the previous issue continued to discuss the second chapter of the Tao Te Ching, the original text has been shown in the previous issue, this issue we discussed Lao Tzu's "thought of non-action", which is a very important idea in the Tao Te Ching, throughout the whole text; here we will summarize and summarize, and strive to understand Lao Tzu's "inaction" and know its subtle application.
To understand "doing nothing", let's first look at the "doing" that everyone advocates. What is "for" and "for": it is also a matter of vain mentally expending minds to argue from "the right and wrong of Confucianism", such as "white horse is not a horse", "the son is not a fish, the joy of knowing fish", good and evil, beauty and ugliness, etc., "its sleep is also soul-to-soul, its consciousness is also open, and it is also a matter of taking shape, and it is also a matter of taking the heart to fight with the sun"; seeking a good life outside the endowment, "Peng Zu is now known for a long time, and everyone is riding on it, is it not also sad?" "Yes and no; scramble to run, in order to seek the sound of the dog and horse, the golden boudoir, the delicious cuisine, the Aya Luo mink, the golden jade room, the meritorious high position is also." It can be simply understood that "having a future" is to compete for fame and profit to meet personal selfish desires, endless desires, and struggle, the Spring and Autumn Struggle for Hegemony, the Warring States and the Country, and the people are therefore in the depths of the water, and the people are not happy; on the contrary, the ancient people are simple and desireless, and the monarch is humble and gives way to the country and the country is safe. Therefore, Lao Tzu highly admired "doing nothing", and in later generations it was also regarded as a treasure by many people, and used it for self-cultivation, governance, and service to the country, with great results.
So where is Lao Tzu's "inaction"? I will elaborate from three aspects: personal, management, and the highest realm:
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > person: living in inaction</h1>
The idea of "doing nothing" is not simply a concept of the person, but a way to guide all aspects of our lives, and for those who aspire to learn from Lao Tzu, the realization of the "Tao" is not a gradual process: "For the sake of learning more and more, those who hear the Tao lose day by day, and the loss is lost, so that there is no action, no action and no thought." , to the residence "Although there is a camp view, the swallow place is transcendent." For the worldly competition: "I am not afraid, if the baby is not a child, tired, as if there is nowhere to go." There is more than enough for everyone, and I am alone. My foolish heart is also chaotic. The layman is obvious, I am alone. The layman inspects, I am alone and sullen. For achievements or achievements, "not self-righteous, not self-seeing, not self-cutting, Fu Qi." "Do it without argument and so on. In short, "closing its exchange and closing its doors" is not tempted by external desires, and things are not in things, and there is no contention for fame; what is sought is within the end, "to the extreme, to the extreme, to keep quiet" to seek inward.
Let's look at a short story:
A guest came to someone's house and saw that the chimney on the stove of the host's house was straight and there was a lot of wood next to it. The guest told the host that the chimney should be resurfaced and that the wood should be removed, otherwise there might be a fire in the future, and the host did not make any indication.
Soon the master's house did catch fire, and the neighbors around him rushed to put out the fire, and finally the fire was extinguished, so the master cooked sheep and slaughtered cattle, feasted on the neighbors, and rewarded them for their merits in fighting the fire, but did not ask the person who had suggested that he remove the wood and change the chimney.
Someone said to the master, "If you had listened to the gentleman," you would not have had to prepare a feast today, and there would have been no fire damage, and now on merit and reward, the person who originally gave you the advice was not thanked, but the person who put out the fire was a guest, which is really a very strange thing!" The host suddenly realized that he had quickly invited the guest who had given the advice to come to eat wine.
From this story, we can see that "doing nothing" is not doing nothing, but anticipating things before they happen and eliminating problems before they start. It makes people lose sight of the signs of "doing", but it is "doing nothing".
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > management: do nothing</h1>
In the previous article, we said that since the Han Dynasty, various dynasties have been "using Huang Lao internally and showing Confucianism externally," and some people have called the Tao Te Ching the "Study of Emperors", whether it is really so difficult to examine, but it is certain that as a philosophical and management classic, it is no exaggeration, and its "wuwei" idea is the highest art of management. Because it runs through the whole book and is reflected in all aspects, we will briefly elaborate on its main points:
First of all: do not compete for merit, know people and do good deeds.
As a leader, the first thing to do is "not to be self-righteous, not to see yourself, not to cut yourself down, to be humble." If you are good at being self-conscious, picking the shortcomings of subordinates all the time, directing subordinates to do things, and fighting with subordinates for merit, sooner or later you will stand against everyone, and you rely on the intelligence of one person to fight against everyone, what are your chances of winning? Smart leaders only need to put the right people in the right positions, give full trust and necessary support, pretend to be deaf and dumb for the slight negligence of subordinates, and even if there is an idea, they will put forward everyone to discuss together, so as to give full play to the strengths of all people. As Liu Bang said, "In the midst of strategizing, I am not as good as Zhang Liang when I am thousands of miles away; I am not as good as Zhang Liang; I am not as good as Han Xin when I defend the country, pacify the people, and constantly supply military food; I am not as good as Xiao He; I am not as good as Han Xin when I lead a million people, and I will win the battle and attack." All three are masters, I can use them, so I take the world. ”
The Fourteenth Question of the Analects of the Constitution: "Zi Yan Wei Ling Gong Zhi Dao Ye." Kang Zi Yue: If the husband is like this, Xi is not lost? Confucius: Zhong shu yuan rule guests, Zhu Yu zhi zong temple, Wang Sun Jia zhi military brigade. If the husband is like this, xi qi funeral? "Therefore, with good subordinates, it is difficult for a faint monarch to destroy the country."
"Zhuangzi Tiandao": "The upper will do nothing and use the world, and the lower will be used for the world, this is not easy way." "Very incisive, the monarch is mainly "doing nothing", and the monarch must perform his duties to "do something". The king is not worthy of a hundred officials, so a hundred officials do their own thing, and the people see it, the wise hear it, the knower plots for it, and the brave defend it. In reality, if we look at management, we can see the monarch as the chairman of the company or the number one of the units, and the one at the helm should not do the work of a sailor.
Second: do not compete for fame and conform to the will of the people.
Good joy and self-righteousness are the problems of many leaders, and their purpose is to be named, and the princes competing for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period are also. Lao Tzu saw this very clearly, so he put forward the well-known "if you rule a big country if you cook small fresh", and warned the leaders not to toss blindly, but to "the saints have no heart, and take the hearts of the people as their hearts." "At the same time, don't be too restrictive," the world is taboo, and the people are poor. "Acting in vain and acting in vain will only waste the people's strength," Zhuangzi Tiandao: "The virtue of the emperor of the Husband takes heaven and earth as the sect, morality as the mainstay, and doing nothing as the norm." If there is nothing to do, then the world uses more than enough; if there is also something, the world uses it and is insufficient. Therefore, the ancient man Guifu did nothing. ”
Finally: no profit.
First, it is necessary to pursue simplicity and frugality, not to expropriate and expropriate for one's own selfish interests, that is, not to compete with the people for profits and conform to the people's thinking. "When the heavens are in accordance with the heavens, the nature of the earth, according to the heart of man" Acts according to the Word, establishes a destiny in the world, and acts with caution in the face of disasters. The second is not to compete with foreign countries for profits, that is, not to strengthen the world with troops. "Those who do it lose, and those who cling to it lose it, it is the saint who does nothing, so there is no defeat, there is no attachment, so there is no loss." This is more instructive in the real society, some enterprises in a certain industry to do well, began to expand wildly, in the industry there is a saying, enterprises are not starving to death but to die; more enterprises across industries and even multiple industries go hand in hand, now "a big" is a living example.
"Doing nothing" does not mean that the monarch does nothing and does nothing, in addition to the above-mentioned knowledge of people and good duties, but also the monarch is required to practice "unspoken teachings", "constantly make the people ignorant and desireless, so that the husband does not dare, and if he does nothing, then there is no cure." "Prepare for the rain when there is nothing", and begin to govern when the world is not in chaos.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > highest state: doing nothing and doing nothing</h1>
Let's start with a short story:
King Wei Wen asked the famous doctor Bian Que, "The three brothers in your family are all proficient in medical skills, which one is the best?" ”
Bian Que replied: "The eldest brother is the best, the middle brother is second, and I am the worst." ”
King Wen asked again, "Then why are you the most famous?" ”
Bian Que replied: "The eldest brother treats the disease before the onset of the disease." Because ordinary people do not know that he can eradicate the cause of the disease in advance, his fame cannot be passed on; the middle brother treats the disease at the beginning of the disease. Most people think that he can only cure minor diseases, so his fame is only in his hometown. And I was sick when I was seriously ill. Most people see me wearing needles and tubes on the meridians to bleed, applying medicines to the skin and other major surgeries, so they think that my medical skills are smart, and my fame has spread all over the country. ”
This story is the best proof of "doing nothing and doing nothing", so the highest state of "doing nothing" is to retire for the sake of success, and the people all call me natural. "It is the words of the saints: I do nothing and the people are self-sufficient, I am quiet and the people are self-righteous, I have nothing to do and the people are rich, I want not to want and the people are simple." "It is made by the saints who do not do it, and it is made of the buddha who does not see it." ”
Because of the breadth and profundity of this "thought of doing nothing", coupled with the limited length and level, I am reluctant to explain it as above, and finally select the discussion of "Zhuangzi Tiandao" as the ending:
"Quiet is inaction, and inaction is also the responsibility of the person who does not do." If there is nothing to do, Yu Yu, Yu Yu can not be worried, and the old age is long. The husband is quiet and indifferent, and the source of all things is also. In the south of Ming, Yao Zhi is Junye; to the north of Ming, Shunzhi is also a subject. Above here, the virtue of the Emperor Tianzi is also; below here, the way of the Xuansheng Su King is also. In this way, retreating and idly swimming in the rivers and seas, the people of the mountains and forests, and taking care of the world in this way, then the merit is great and the world is also the next. (To the effect that if the husband does nothing, then the group of talents will be all the best, and each will do his own thing and bear his own responsibility.) Husbands are stagnant, dusty, so they pick up their hearts, do nothing to be self-satisfied, and worry cannot be handled. Yu Yu and Le, so the old age is long. Finding the essence is in inaction. The beauty of Fu Yi Rang is not out of Tang Yao; the grandeur of the monarch, Mo Xianyao Shun; none of this is done. Those who have their way to belong to the world and have no lord, the so-called su king is also self-respecting. With this obscure place, it can be used to play in the mountains and rivers, leisurely and leisurely, and the hermits of the world do not obey, nest xu and the like; enter the Yiwang Lunye. If the husband does nothing, why not do it. ）
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