Qu Dao through the secluded reading of the Tao Te Ching misinterpretation notes

This chapter expounds the way of life, focusing on self-cultivation. One yin and one yang is the Tao. Taoist thought can be born and entered the world, with both "ontology" and "application", and the two cannot be paranoid at one end.

This chapter is also relatively easy to understand and does not have so many hidden meanings. The text of this chapter lies in the fact that "the husband is not fighting, and the world cannot fight with it". Lao Tzu's "indisputability" here is not to make passive concessions or do nothing, but to do it properly, low-key and realistic.

For example, the first sentence "the song is complete, and the vain is straight", which means that in the case of conditions not permitting, in order to complete the goal or protect yourself, even if you are a little wronged, give in softly, take a step back and open the sky, and leave the green mountains without fear of no firewood.

The sentences behind Lao Tzu should all be compared, and further comparisons are attached, and the basic meaning is the same. It is to tell us not to be competitive in life and work, people need to have the ability to judge the situation and stand the grievances, low-key and modest style, so that the auspicious can retreat into advance, and no one can defeat you.

At the same time, this is also a simple dialectic that embodies Lao Tzu's habitual simplicity, the extreme of things must be reversed, and things must be transformed in the opposite direction when they reach an extreme. Tell us how to behave.

Kawagami Gong: If you follow the crowd and don't make a splash, you will be all your body. In vain, in vain.

Bend yourself and stretch others, and you will be upright for a long time. Under the depression, the water flows; People are humble, and virtue returns. Since suffering from the shortcomings, after their ancestors, the world respects them, and they have been renew for a long time.

Since the less you take, the more you take, the way of heaven is humble, and the gods are vain. Those who have more wealth are confused by what they keep, and those who have learned more are confused by what they hear.

Hug and keep also. formula, law also. The saint keeps one, but he knows all things, so he can be the law of the world.

The saint does not look thousands of miles away with his eyes, but because he sees with the eyes of the world, he can understand it. The saint is not self-righteous and not human, so he can manifest himself in the world. Felling, taking also.

The saint is moralized and popular, and does not take its own beauty, so it is meritorious to the world. Gentle, big also. The saint is not noble, so he can not be in danger for a long time.

This is said to be virtuous and unscrupulous in the world, and incompetent and incompetent to fight for the indisputable. Spread the ancient saying, Qu Cong is the whole body, this statement is not false. Honest, honest. Those who can do the music will be able to do their bodies, and they will return to their parents, and there will be no harm.

Original] is not virtuous, so that the people do not fight; Inexpensive and rare goods, so that the people are not thieves; 不書 (xiàn) can be desired, so that the people's hearts are not disturbed. It is the rule of a saint, who is empty of his heart and solid of his belly; Weak ambition, strong bones. It often makes the people ignorant and desireless, so that the wise do not dare to do it.

If you do nothing, you will not be cured.

Pause: It is the rule of a saint to rule the people to be empty, its heart is solid, its belly is weak, its will is strong, its bones often make the people ignorant and desireless, so that the wise man does not dare to do anything, and he does nothing.

Notes] 1. Shang: to praise and boast.

2. Expensive: pay attention.

3. See: verb, to show, to show off.

4. Yes: yes, this; to, because; Hence the meaning.

5. Virtual: make the usage, make the ......False. The solid, weak, and strong in the back are the same.

6. Know: treacherous mind.

7. Desire: Greedy desire.

8. Wise man: self-made wise person.

Shuyi] 1, not virtuous.

Sage, said to be a secular sage, argues clearly, deviates from the way and exercises power, and dequaints the text. (River Notes).

2. Empty its heart, solid its belly; Weak ambition, strong bones.

Except for lust, to disturbances; Embrace the road and hold one, and guard the five gods; Gentle and modest, not power; Love is re-giving, and the marrow is full of bones. (River Notes).

The heart is humble so it receives the Tao, and the real belly is for me; Weak will so rational and nothing, strong bones so self-reliant and work. (Yan Fu).

The four "their" characters all refer to the monarch himself. "Empty its heart" means less desire; "Solid belly", it is said to be widely accepted; "Weak and dry Liang Zhixiang Liang", it is said that humility can be subordinate; "Strong bones" means firm and self-reliant. (Zhang Shunhui).

3. Ignorance and desirelessness.

Keep it true. (Wang Bi's note).

4. There is no cure.

Virtue is thick, and the people are safe. (River Notes).

Translation] do not exalt and boast of talents, so that the people will not compete with each other for merit; Ignore speculation on scarce and rare property, so that the people will not steal because of this; Do not show off what causes greed, so that the hearts of the people may not be confused.

Therefore, a person who has a good way to govern government affairs without feasting and luck, but must remove the greed and turmoil in people's hearts, so that the people can live a comfortable life, be flexible and humble, and be physically strong. so that the people will not have a cunning mind, and will not have a greedy desire, so that those who think they are wise will not dare to act rashly.

Govern the world according to the law of inaction, and there is no bad governance in the world.