How to explain the first Tao in the Tao Te Ching at the beginning of the Tao Te Ching?

The more popular saying is that the Tao is the Tao and the Tao, which means that the Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. (Chang: eternal) That is, the true "Tao" cannot be expressed in words, but can only be perceived through oneself.

That is, "the Tao cannot be said". Lao Tzu said that the Tao should be an eternal existence that transcends time and space, the so-called "things are mixed, born from nature." Lonely, independent and unchanging, circumferential and not dying, can be the mother of heaven and earth.

I don't know its name, but I say it. Tao is a fundamental concept in Lao Tzu's philosophical system to explain life in the universe. It's not just about the truth.

Of course, due to the abstract nature of Lao Tzu's language, everyone can have their own opinions and have their own understandings. Historically, there have been as many as seven major mainstream opinions in the first chapter of Lao Tzu alone. So, you still need to understand this yourself...

In addition, the second statement obviously gives another interpretation, the first Tao should be the same as the above, but the word Dao in the second "Ke Dao" is probably interpreted as "walking along the road". But the word "chang" should not be interpreted as "often said". It may be taken to mean "generally".

Personally, though, I prefer to interpret it as "eternal".

The word "name" is not just a name. In the pre-Qin period, "name" had a more abstract and generalized meaning, which can probably be interpreted as "concept" and "thing". If the landlord wants to think deeply, it is recommended to read relevant books. The above only represents my own views on reading and thinking.

The Tao is very good, and it is very good. Translated as "the great road that can be expressed in words is not the eternal avenue." The first and third "Dao" are the philosophical categories first proposed by Lao Tzu, and the second Dao is a verb, which is translated as using words to explain the Dao.

But this kind of philosophical thing is better to understand by yourself, there is no right or wrong, and everyone's understanding is different

The meaning of the truth is that the truth that can be said is not the truth. I don't remember exactly what the name means, but it should be that the name that can be called by someone will not go down in history.

The reason why the Tao is the way has not been guessed is because the meaning it represents is a contradiction. It is a truth, and it cannot be said in its own sense, but now he has expressed such a meaning. That's where it comes in.

There is no correct explanation.

Lao Tzu's Tao speaks of the original principle and universal laws of the universe.

The Tao is very Taoist, and it is usually said that there are three words and one break.

There is also another way of saying it, which can be referred to.

The Tao is very good, and it is very good.

Daoke: The Tao can influence all things.

Dao Fei: The Tao has great power and will be surpassed.

This does not contradict the entire text of the Tao Te Ching.

Some scholars have explained it this way.

Daoke, so to speak, can be said to be the Tao, so to speak.

Tao is not necessarily Tao, it cannot be said that this is the case.

Isn't it a contradiction?

That's exactly what it takes. Reading the ancients, the paraphrase is best used only as a reference.

The first sentence of the Tao Te Ching is Taoist, and there are 3 versions of the Extraordinary Tao, do you know all of them?

Taoism preaches that the law is natural, it should be a natural truth...

The first lecture in the scriptures is that the Tao is the Tao, and the Tao is not the Tao; The name can be called very famous. In fact, the whole scripture talks about the laws of heaven and earth and the laws of all things, and it is necessary to follow the trend and not reverse the birth of the festival. There are many interpretations of the word, but I think the word "way" refers to the way of the road, because this is the root cause of the word.

All things conform to the law, and heaven and earth have their own laws. The sun sets and the moon rises, the dynasties change, the four seasons change, yin and yang. This is all about the laws of the Word, so what my Lord is talking about is to seek a path in these laws that conform to all things, so as to achieve the effect of a thousand miles in a day.

Because many dynasties were associated with Taoism, it can be seen that as a sect that has joined the world, the truth is obvious. But it's not something that mortals like us can comprehend. <>

Taoism has a long history, and with the growth of history and slowly maturing and perfecting, all things are not recognized in the initial stage, and the reason why Taoism can exist in the long river of history is because Taoism is attached to the current dynasty. And this is the law of conformity that is spoken of in Taoism. It can be seen from the many sects that it is true that true philosophy exists, otherwise any sect may be exposed by the world and forgotten in history.

There are many friends who confuse Taoism and Taoism, in fact, these are two completely different factions, Taoism is more about some mathematics, I think most of them are feudal superstitions. The origin of Taoism can be said to be earlier than Buddhism, it is more like a philosophical course, and the wonders of it are also trained through hundreds of generations. So if you want to understand Taoism, read more Taoist books, the basic book is the "Tao Te Ching", although there are only a few short articles, but there is a saying in the ancient saying:

Two sentences of true transmission, and ten thousand books of false transmission.

In the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu uses "Tao" to explain all things in the universe, and regards "Tao" as the origin of all things. The Tao is an objective law that is independent and unchangeable, all-encompassing, all-encompassing, and absolutely impossible to surpass for anything. Everything is relative and limited to the Tao, and there are both positive and negative sides, and both positive and negative can be transformed into each other.

The "Dao" in the Tao Te Ching refers to the most basic law of the operation of the universe, and Lao Tzu can't say its name, so he named it "Dao".

The avenue in Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching specifically refers to the basic laws of operation between heaven and earth, as well as the objective existence that nature follows.

The avenue in the Tao Te Ching is the sophistry of the earth.

In Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching", the opening two sentences. In the Tao Te Ching, the "Dao" is also explained in detail, Dao: In Taoist culture, the Tao has a body and is useful, and from the perspective of the Tao body, it is the origin of the universe, as the beginning mother of all things in heaven and earth in the universe, it has materiality, emptiness, potentiality, and energy.

Tao can be very Tao, and the name can be very famous" are the opening two sentences of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching".

What do these two sentences mean?

To understand the meaning of these two sentences, we must first figure out what Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is trying to explain.

Lao Tzu wrote the moral chapter, aiming to point out to the world the way of the sage who can avoid disasters for the body and society.

"What is it?"

"Tao" is the law, the law of nature, the law of life.

"The Tao is very Tao" that is to say, the laws of life can be known and mastered, but they are not what we usually know.

In the Tao Te Ching, the Tao is explained in detail, the most important point of view is "existence" and "non-action", which are two aspects of the unity of opposites, and the detailed explanation can be found in the Tao Te Ching.

The Tao

The Tao Te Ching is esoteric and difficult to understand, and the main reason lies in the word "Tao". Lao Dan's "Tao" does not refer to one thing or one thing, but has many meanings. Here, a little elaboration.

Dao body: refers to all existence in general, and can also refer to a specific existence in particular. —See Chapters I, Forty-One, and Forty-Two.

Shinto: refers to the combined name of Wuji, Taiji and Chaozhou. —See chapters 25 and 40.

Wuji: refers to the Tao body formed by the fusion of yin and yang. —See Chapters 4 and 21.

Tai Chi: refers to the combination of anode and cathode. —See chapter 51.

Dao Law: Refers to the nature that energy follows to maintain its own stability. —See chapters 32, 34, 37, 38, 41, and 62.

The Way of Zhongzheng (Yong): The way of Zhongzheng refers to the laws that the corresponding Dao body should follow to keep itself in a state of Zhongzheng; The golden mean refers to the righteous way that human beings should follow. —found in chapters 8, 16, 21, 23, 30, 4, 11, 53, 55, 60, and 65.

Taoism: refers to the virtue of abiding by the golden mean. —See chapters 15 and 38.

Cultivation: It refers to the diminishing of desires and making virtue more in line with the path of moderation. —See chapter XXIII.

A Man of High Morals—See Chapter XXIV.

Morality—found in chapters 15, 18, 24, 31, 46, 48, and 77.

Taoism: Heavenly Taoism refers to human beings' comprehension and understanding of the way of heaven; Humanitarianism refers to human beings' understanding and understanding of humanity; Heavenly Taoism and humanitarianism are collectively called Taoism. —See chapters 14 and 35.

Heavenly Dao: refers to the evolution of the universe. —See chapter 47.

Laws – found in chapters 9, 14, 73, 77, 79, and 81.

Methodology—See Chapter 59.

Speech—See chapters 1 and 41.

The Path—See Chapter 53.

I split it to make the Tao Te Ching easy to understand. However, many words for "Dao" can be given more than one meaning, and the translation is adjusted according to the context, so the reader should not stick to this.

Lao Tzu said that the Tao is the law of the operation of the universe, and "the Tao can be very Tao" means that "Tao" can be spoken, but it cannot be understood and explained by ordinary truths.

It refers to a kind of Taoist thought, and it is also a relatively abstract concept, and at the same time, it also talks about the laws of nature, and everything has its truth.

In fact, Lao Tzu's three Dao do not refer to the same Dao, and each Dao word has a different meaning, and the first Dao is a noun and the second Dao is a verb, which also produces different interpretations. And it's also very broad and profound.

The main story is that no matter which way of doing things, then there is a rationality for his existence, and there is a certain saying in this regard, and everything in the world has its own way, so in this case it also has its own meaning of existence, and it can also reflect the wonder of nature.

If the Tao can be said in words, then it means that this is everyone's Tao, not the real Tao, but people's own understanding.

Guan Yizi said: It is impossible to think if there is no way, and the unthinkable is the way. There is no way to speak, and the unspeakable is the way. That illustrates, the Word, cannot be explained in words...

Confucius said; The predicate of the Mandate of Heaven is sexuality, the recklessness is the Tao, the cultivation of the Tao is the teaching, and those who are also Taoists must not be separated from it, but they can be separated from the Tao. Therefore; A gentleman is cautious about what he does not see, afraid of what he does not hear, not to see and hide, not to show the subtlety. Therefore, the gentleman is cautious.

Joy, anger, sorrow and joy have not yet occurred, and they are in the middle. The knot is called the sum. Those who are in the middle are also the great capital of the world.

Those who are harmonious are also the way of the world. To neutralize, heaven is in the ascendancy, and all things are nurtured. Confucianism argues; The Tao is the mean.

Hello! For your question, I personally think it is very easy to answer.

First, the word Chang has existed since ancient times, not to say that it was changed to the word "Heng" in order to avoid secrecy, but the evidence is that the word Chang is a surname, and the origin of the surname Chang can be traced back to the era of the Yellow Emperor 5,000 years ago ("The Source of the Surname" said: "The Yellow Emperor made Chang Yi occupy the moon, and Chang Xian was the great Sikong, and the surname Chang should come from this). So the Tao Te Ching is the original text, so why change it now?

That is to say, the original text of the Tao Te Ching is like this, and it will not be changed to the word "Chang" in order to avoid it when Emperor Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty is concerned, because it is a "Chang" character in the original text.

Second, in the Tao Te Ching, "the Tao can be very Tao, and the name can be very famous", if the word "constant" is replaced by the word "constant", it is not willing. Because the scriptures are willing to be non-"ordinary ways" and non-"common names", that is to say, the ways and names are not the ways and names that are commonly spoken, which is the same rhetorical device as non-"ordinary people". And if you replace "constant" with "constant", the meaning will change, just imagine, the meaning of non-"constant" and non-"constant":

It is not an unchanging word, it is not an unchanging name. Is this the same as the original meaning?

To sum up, "The first sentence of the original text of the Tao Te Ching, which can be searched on the Internet now, is actually Tao Ke Dao is very Tao, and the name is very famous?" This is normal, because that's what the Tao Te Ching says!

The watchtower master understands!

Hello landlord, I think it's a popular question about why you use "constant" instead of "constant".

In fact, the four famous works and other works we see today are not the original versions, but can only be said that based on various realities, such as the acceptance and habits of the people, and the degree of circulation of the existing versions, "a certain version" has become a "widely circulated" (neither of which can be said to be mainstream or authoritative) version.

In other words, there is an "orthodox authoritative version" of research, and for public reading, which version is widely circulated is "determined by the market rather than prescribed".

In addition, the word "constant" is actually agreed with "constant". Because "constant" does not mean "usual" as many people misunderstand, but it means "constant" that means "unchanging".

I think the "constant" in the word "constant" can help to understand the "constant" here.

My understanding of this sentence is (I think it is also the correct understanding, of course, it does not mean that I am correct, hehe):

The constant and unchanging laws in all things cannot be simply "fixed" and confirmed. (The same in the midst of change).

As a less appropriate example, the Earth is round, but can you represent the actual surface of the Earth with a simple smooth curve?

That is to say, this law of everything exists, but everything is changeable, so once you want to "die" the law, it will no longer apply to "everything". So, you can only say that this "Tao" is "like" like this, but you can't say that it "is" like this.

To add one more point, that is to say, the meaning of the concept of "Dao" is ever-changing (what changes is the form of expression, what does not change is the internal law), and it is rich, but the representation of language and writing is specific and limited, so the "Dao" you define with words can only be one of the various manifestations of "Dao", and it is "the Tao under certain conditions", which cannot represent the true state of existence of "Dao", and cannot reflect the universality of "Dao", so "extraordinary Dao, not constant Dao".

The specificity will be narrow, so what can be said clearly is not universal.

Above, ask for points, hehe.