The classic famous sentence of "One Road, One Virtue" and its interpretation
1, good as water, water is good for everything.
Explanation: The kindest person is like water. Water is the best between heaven and earth. It nourishes all things, but it is born under it and does not compete with it.
Water is the source of life. Here, water is used to describe the personality of a good person. Lev tolstoy, a Russian writer, wrote in his diary: "One should be like water as Lao Tzu said. There is no obstacle, he flows forward; Stop when you meet the dam; The dam has a gap and then flows forward. If the container is square, it becomes square; The container is round, and it becomes round. So it is more important than everything, stronger than everything. "
2, I can't see myself, so I am very clear; Self-evident, so obvious; Do not cut yourself, have merit; Not proud, so long. The husband does not dispute, and the world cannot contend with it.
Explanation: You can not only see yourself, but also better understand the world. If you are not self-righteous, you can show yourself more; Without boasting, you can achieve great things; Not arrogant, so you can grow; Because it is indisputable, it is difficult for the world to compete with it.
"indisputable" is a natural principle in Taoist view, but it is actually the skill of a gentleman and the way to live.
3, everlasting, everlasting, heaven and earth can last for a long time, because it is not born, it can live forever.
Explanation: Heaven and earth last forever. The reason why heaven and earth can last is that they can last because they don't live for themselves.
Heaven and earth are not born, so they can live forever. Laozi shows human society by embodying the character of Heaven and Earth Avenue.
4. The wind won't stop and the shower won't last all day.
Explanation: A raging hurricane can't blow all morning, and it rains cats and dogs all day.
Laozi advocates "wanting to talk about nature", that is, teaching nature less. Wind and rain can't last, so er: * it won't last.
5. Five colors are blind, five tones are deaf, five flavors are refreshing, wild hunting is insane, and exotic goods can harm people.
Commentary: Colorful colors make people see things in a blur, five tones (clang) make people insensitive to hearing, five flavors make people have a bad taste, galloping and hunting horses make people crazy, and precious property makes people steal.
"Five colors", "five tones" and "five flavors" are components of human culture. Laozi does not advocate abstinence, but opposes indulgence.
6. It is better to persist than to have it. You can't always be sure whether you are sharp or not. Happiness from now on, can't stay. Being rich and arrogant is to blame.
Explanation: It is better to stop what you have than to stop what you have. A hammer cannot remain sharp for a long time. The room is full of happy ever after, but it can't be kept forever. Being rich and arrogant can only bring disaster to yourself.
"Lao Zi" is full and sharp, which shows that happiness is endless, wealth and arrogance are easy to bring disaster, and advocates that "if you succeed, you will retreat, and heaven will prevail".
7, Song Quan, waste straight, Yu Ying, embarrassed new, the less you get, the more confused you are.
Explain that your bend can be perfect, straight, low and full, old and new, take less and more, and greed can be confused. The above six sentences are ancient idioms. Laozi advocates dialectical thinking to understand and grasp the changes in social life.
8, to the virtual pole, keep quiet, do everything together, I will watch.
Explanation: If you let your mind reach the virtual pole and stick to the quiet fairyland, you can see the existence of the avenue from the changes of everything.
Conforming to nature can embody the Tao that dominates everything, and conforming to the Tao can be eternal.
9. Simple and simple, selfish.
Explanation: Keep the essence simple and unpretentious, and reduce selfishness and greed.
Laozi put forward the idea of simplicity and no desire. Silk is not dyed, wood is not carved, simple. To see simplicity is not to be confused by foreign things and lose the truth. Laozi advocates that people can't live without desires, but they can't have greed, let alone indulgence.
10, there is not enough letter, and there is no letter.
Explanation: Without honesty, you will lose trust. People can't stand on their feet without faith, and they can't stand on their feet in society without keeping their faith.
1 1, Tao often does nothing but does everything.
Explanation: the avenue always follows nature, doing nothing and doing everything, in fact, it is nothing. This is an important proposition of Laozi's philosophical thought. Inaction does not mean doing nothing, it is an evaluation of the role of inaction.
12, the enterprise cannot be established. If you don't know who you meet, you won't show yourself. If you cut yourself, you won't work, and you won't boast for long.
Note: you can't stand on tiptoe for a long time, and you can't walk far if you take a big step. On the contrary, people who think they have knowledge don't understand, self-righteous people don't distinguish right from wrong, people who show off themselves can't see the advantages, and arrogant people can't make progress.
It embodies Laozi's thought of governing by doing nothing. Only by not going against nature and not taking it for granted can we achieve our goal.
13. People should be everywhere, the land should follow the sky, the sky should follow the Tao, and the Tao should be natural.
Explanation: people take the law, the land takes the law, the sky takes the law, and the Tao is pure and natural.
This sentence is the program of Laozi's theory and expounds the basic relationship between Laozi's "Tao" theory and heaven, earth and man. "Tao is natural" means that both human society and nature should imitate "Tao", while "Tao" only imitates itself.
14, if it is light, it will lose its roots, and if it is impetuous, it will lose its monarch.
Explanation: impatience will lose its foundation, and restlessness will lose its dominance.
Laozi proofread and said, "It is very important to say that you have little desire and strong self-esteem. It is very light to say that you have sex and despise yourself. Both are based on treating your own body. Quiet is inaction, arrogant is quick success. Both are based on governing the country. "
15, things are strong and old.
Explanation: When things reach prosperity, they will also get old. The extremes of things must be reversed, and the extremes of things must be reversed.
Classic famous sentences in Erdao Dejing and their interpretation
1, rule the country with righteousness, fight with strangeness, and take the world with nothing.
Commentary: Only by ruling the country by the right path, using the magic weapon to fight, sharing interest with the people and stabilizing the people's hearts can we surrender to the world.
Governing the country must be right, using troops must be strange, conform to nature, and do nothing. This is Lao Tzu's basic strategy of governing the country, using troops and leveling the world.
2, see the micro-knowledge, keep soft and firm.
Explanation: observing a few things is called light, and keeping weak is called strength.
A promising person should be good at observing autumn, but he can be weak externally.
If there is no great achievement, its use will not be harmful. If you have a big profit, you can use it endlessly. If you are straightforward, if you are all thumbs, if you argue endlessly.
Explanation: The most perfect always makes people feel that something is missing, but its function will never fail. The most perfect is empty, and the function is endless. The most upright is like bending over, the most dexterous is like being clumsy, and the most eloquent is like being unreasonable.
Laozi believes that the state that things reach will be attributed to nature.
4, disaster comes from the mouth, and happiness comes from the mouth.
Explanation: Disaster, happiness depends on it, and disaster is also implied in it.
This is a famous saying of Laozi's dialectical thought. We should treat wealth correctly, see advantages from disadvantages and find disadvantages from advantages. Mao Zedong quoted this sentence in On Correctly Handling Contradictions among the People, explaining that "good things can be bad and bad things can be good".
5. If you manage a big country, you can cook it fresher.
Explanation: Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish.
This is Lao Tzu's general plan for governing the country. Mao said to him, "cooking fish is annoying, but it's broken." If you are annoyed, you will be scattered. If you know how to cook fish, you will know how to treat people. "
6. The diagram is difficult and more detailed than the diagram.
Explanation: to deal with difficult things, we should start from easy places and do great things from subtle places.
Only from easy to difficult, many a mickle makes a mickle can achieve great things.
7. If the world is in trouble, it will be easy; Great things in the world must be done in the details.
Explanation: The world is difficult, it will be easy to succeed, and the world's major events will begin with subtlety.
Nothing is impossible for us to focus on big problems and start with small ones. People who are always promising have never achieved great things, but they have achieved great things. If you don't do small things, you can't do big things!
8, if you don't do it, you will not be chaotic.
Explanation: nip in the bud, nip in the bud.
Laozi put forward the viewpoint that things change and develop. Things are in the process of quantitative change, but before qualitative change, some things are still in the bud, so we should solve them as soon as possible.
9, holding the wood, born at the end; Nine-story platform, starting with tired soil; A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Explanation: The hugging tree started from germination, and the nine-story platform was piled up with a basket of soil. Wan Li Road is also coming out from the foot step by step.
Reveals the profound truth of quantitative change and qualitative change. Proceed from reality, every little makes a mickle, and you can achieve great things.
10, be careful to the end, there is nothing to lose.
Explanation: If you take the last job as seriously as you did at the beginning, nothing is unsuccessful.
Persistence is the key to doing things. He who laughs last laughs.
1 1, good words are not beautiful, good words are not believed; Good people don't argue, debaters are not good, knowledgeable people don't know, and knowledgeable people don't know.
Explanation: honest language is not gorgeous, gorgeous language is dishonest, kind people are not glib, and glib people are not kind; A man of great wisdom is not miscellaneous, and a man of miscellaneous knowledge is not wise.
Laozi put forward the theory of "truth, goodness and beauty", which is an incisive conclusion of Laozi's five thousand words.
12, I have three treasures, which I hold and protect: one is kindness, the other is frugality, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world.
Description: I have three treasures that I will never give up: one is kindness, the other is frugality, and the third is not trying to be brave.
Laozi put forward "Three Treasures" as his theoretical basis. Kindness is the starting point and destination of the "three treasures"; Thrift in life and simplicity in politics are the keys to the "three treasures"; "Dare to be the first in the world" is the core of Laozi's "three treasures".
13, those who are good at being a scholar are not martial, those who are good at fighting are not angry, those who are good at fighting are not at peace, and those who are good at employing people are the next.
Note: People who are good at being generals never boast of their bravery; Good soldiers are not easy to be impulsive and angry; Those who are good at defeating the enemy do not confront the enemy head-on, but are good at employing people and being humble to others.
"Inferiority" and "not arguing" are important aspects of Laozi's thought. Combined with the use of soldiers and personnel, this paper expounds the "indisputable virtue" and emphasizes the military application of the idea of "weak wins over strong"
14, when fighting together, those who mourn win.
Explanation: The two armies were evenly matched, and the grieving side won. Mourners will win, and the army will fight in the face of sadness and oppression.
15, if the people are not afraid of Wei, they will be great.
Commentary: When people are no longer afraid of coercion, the threat of chaos comes. Winning people's hearts and paying attention to people's livelihood is the foundation of social stability.
Classic famous sentences in three moral classics and their explanations
1. If you want to get rid of it, you must solve it. If you want to be weak, you must be strong. If it is to be abolished, it must be revitalized. If you want to take it away, you must fix it.
Description: To make it shrink, it must be opened first; To weaken it, we must first strengthen it; If we want to abolish him, let him make a fortune first. If you want to take him, give it to him first.
Laozi expounded his dialectical thought by analyzing four pairs of contradictory movements. He attributed this principle to "the weak wins the strong" and thought that fighting and governing the country could not be separated from this principle.
2. He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise. The winner is strong, and the winner is strong. Those who are satisfied are rich, and those who are forced are ambitious.
Explanation: Being able to understand others is called wit, and being able to know yourself is called cleverness. Being able to defeat others only shows strength, and defeating yourself is strength. Those who know contentment (always feel) that they have money, and those who do things (only show) that they have lofty aspirations.
This is Laozi's theory of spiritual cultivation. It is the most important thing to know yourself, reflect on yourself and overcome yourself. "Know yourself and know yourself, and fight every battle" is a famous saying throughout the ages.
3, generous and naive, late bloomer, loud voice, elephant invisible.
Explanation: the most square thing can't see its edges and corners. The more expensive the appliance is, the slower it works, the inaudible sound and the seamless image.
This sentence is intended to explain why the existence of Tao is difficult for ordinary people to understand. Because the avenue is infinite, it is difficult for ordinary people's senses to observe, so it is "invisible, like everything."
4. The world is the softest, and galloping is the strongest in the world.
Explanation: The softest thing in the world can also pass the hardest thing in the world.
"Weakness is better than strength" is Laozi's understanding of nature, which profoundly reminds the essence of "Tao".
5, love will pay a lot, hide too much and die. Content is not shameful, content is not dangerous, and it can last for a long time.
Explanation: Too much attention to fame will bring great harm, and too much property accumulation will bring misfortune to yourself. A contented person will not be humiliated. If he knows enough is enough, he will not bring danger to himself, and he will be safe for a long time.
Ordinary people are more intellectual, more suitable for fame and fortune, and insatiable. "Contentment" and "Zhi Zhi" should be a principle that people pursue in their lives.
6. A saint knows he can't see himself, and self-love is not expensive.
Explanation: A saint has self-knowledge, never shows himself, loves himself and never shows his dignity. Self-knowledge and self-love are the embodiment of people's accomplishment reaching a high level.
7, people are not afraid of death, how can they be afraid of death.
Commentary: When people are not afraid of death, will they still be afraid of your threat to death?
8. The strong die and the weak live.
Explanation: The strong belong to the category of death, while the weak belong to the category of vitality. The weak may turn strong, while the strong will turn weak.
9. It's well known that softness wins strength and weakness wins strength, and it's impossible to do it.
Explanation: There is nothing that I don't know, but few people can do it.
Weak is better than strong. The whole world knows it, but it can't be done. What everyone can't do is often the goal pursued by noble people.
10, Jiang Hai can be the king of Cooper, or he can be the king of Cooper with his goodness.
Description: Jianghai is always at the lowest place (hundred rivers), which can accommodate hundreds of rivers, so it can become a valley.
Mountains and seas compete for water, and water will return to the sea. Only by being good at inferiority and being kind to others can we get people's support and support.
1 1, everyone knows that beauty is beauty or evil; Everyone knows whether it's good or not, but it's not.
Explanation: As everyone knows, beauty is beautiful because of some ugliness; Everyone knows that good is good because there must be evil.
Beauty and ugliness, good and evil are opposites.
12, knowing its male and keeping its female is the world stream; Know its white, keep its black, for the world, know its glory, keep its shame, for Amagai.
Explanation: knowing that nature is powerful, but keeping feminine, it will become a gully stream to which the world belongs. Knowing that nature is white, but maintaining chaos and darkness will become the paradigm of the world. Knowing the glory of identity, but maintaining a humble position, will become the valley of the world. This sentence has become the appeal of many celebrities in history.
13, block the exchange, close the door, and work diligently for a lifetime.
Explanation: block the channel of selfish desire and close the door of emotion, and you will never be embarrassed for a lifetime. Lao Tzu's words tell the truth of leading an honest and clean life and restraining the desire for peace.
14, Heaven, beneficial but not harmful. The way of a saint is indisputable.
Explanation: the laws of nature are beneficial and harmless to everything. The principle that saints follow is to bring benefits to the world, not to compete with it.
Laozi made a summative exposition on Tao. "Heaven is beneficial and harmless" is Laozi's view of nature. "The way of a saint is to fight for it" is his political view.
15, born without, relying on, living with success.
Explanation: live for yourself, do your best for yourself, and succeed without making achievements.
Small and easy to fill, rivers flow into the sea. Shallow people are proud of their achievements, and people who do great things are always modest.
Famous Sentences of Four Moral Classics and Their Interpretation
1, if you are humiliated, if you are surprised, you will be very painful.
Explanation: I am very happy that the "pet" has come; When the "pet" is gone, it is very lost; "Humiliation" came, very sad; When "shame" leaves, it is a great relief. A heart is floating around with the reputation of the outside world, and it is impossible to have a moment of peace and purity. Mood, sadness and uncertainty are like a serious illness.
Why is this happening? It is because we take ourselves too seriously and care too much about our success or failure. Our hearts are full of many things that we think should be very concerned about: money, reputation, status, family, friendship, love and so on. The more we cling to these external things, the less free our hearts are. In fact, all these things are based on the level of existence, and in the final analysis, they are all "illusory", "electro-optical Shi Huo" and "dream bubbles", which are not worthy of our excessive attention.
2, disaster is greater than dissatisfaction, and blame is greater than desire. So contentment is often enough.
Explanation: Nothing is more serious than selfish indulgence, nothing is more serious than greed, and nothing is more painful than greed. Therefore, if you know how to be satisfied with Zhi Zhi without greed, you can always be satisfied with the right things.
In this world, it is important to know how to be content. If you have an open-minded, cheerful and plain heart and refuse all kinds of temptations in a colorful and materialistic life, your mood will become comfortable and life will naturally be pleasant.
3, love will pay a lot; Hide too much and die a thick death. Therefore, contentment is not shameful, and knowing that it is not dangerous can last long.
Explanation: The more you love something, the more you have to pay for it. The more precious things are collected, the more sad people will be when they lose them. Therefore, people who are content are less humiliated, and people who are moderate in everything are less likely to incur danger and live longer.
4. Focus on light roots and wait and see. Therefore, a gentleman can't leave the trench all day. -Chapter 26 of Tao Te Ching
Frivolity is not knowing that self-esteem is fundamental; Impetuous, but I don't know that stability is king. Therefore, the daily behavior of a gentleman shows a steady and down-to-earth appearance, and he will not belittle himself or be impatient.
5. It is easy to do difficult things in the world, and it is necessary to do great things in the world. Therefore, a saint never thinks he is big, so he can become big. -Tao Te Ching. Chapter sixty-three "
Dealing with difficult things must start from easy places, and dealing with big things must also start from subtle places. Therefore, saints never aim too high, but focus on the overall situation, start from small things, do every small thing carefully, and thus achieve great things.
6, see Xiao Ming, keep both rigid and flexible. -Tao Te Ching. Chapter 52
See the small and see the big. It is wise to find the truth from the nuances of things; Only by adhering to weak beliefs can we become truly strong and soft people.
7, the Tao is often nameless, simple, although small, the world is incompetent. -Tao Te Ching. Chapter 32
"Tao" will never have a name to describe it. It is simple and simple. Although it is small and invisible, nothing in the world can make it yield. True happiness in life is not as complicated and hard to find as we think, but actually exists in every bit of our life. If we keep it simple and simple, we will find true happiness in life.
8. The staff sergeant listened to the word and worked diligently; The sergeant heard that living is death; The corporal smiled. Just laughing is not enough. -Tao Te Ching. Chapter 4 1
When people at the root heard the word, they suddenly realized it and put it into practice immediately. After listening to the story, Zhonggen people were dubious, puzzled, and didn't know what to do, and finally found nothing; When the next generation heard the news, it was unbelievable, turned a deaf ear and even laughed. If the rooted people don't find it ridiculous after listening to it, it is not the real Tao.
9. I can't see myself, so I am very clear. -Chapter 22 of Tao Te Ching
Don't be self-righteous, stick to your own point of view and listen to other people's suggestions, so as to see the problem correctly and objectively, which is wise. On the contrary, stupid people are willful and lose their temper when criticized by others. Even if others are right, they will refute and refuse to listen to them to safeguard their dignity and authority.
10, the knower does not speak, and the speaker does not know. -Tao Te Ching. Chapter 56
People who really understand the avenue know that it is impossible to accurately describe the essence of the avenue in words, so they don't say it; The person who can describe the avenue in words shows that he has not really realized the avenue. This can be explained in life: wise people generally do not speak easily; People who talk casually are certainly unwise.
1 1, if the husband is lighter than the promise, it is not credible; How easy it is, how difficult it will be.
Explanation: People who make promises easily will certainly break their promises, and those who take things easily will inevitably encounter unexpected difficulties.
Commitment is commitment, but commitment is commitment. Only when things are well thought out can we have a clear plan and achieve great things.
12, the heavens and the earth are ruthless, and everything is straw dogs; Saints are ruthless and treat people like pigs.
Explanation: heaven and earth are not biased, leaving everything to fend for itself; The saints have no preference, and let the people take care of themselves.
Grass dog is a dog tied with grass in ancient sacrifices. Although people decorated it beautifully, they threw it away after using it. They don't love him or hate him. People treat straw dogs with a natural attitude. Sages have no preference, but also return people to nature.
13, everything in the world is born and dies without regret.
Everything in the world is born of (visible) concrete things (existence), and concrete things (existence) are born of invisible "Tao". This is Laozi's diagnosis of the world outlook.
14, the sky is long, but it is not leaking.
Explanation: Skynet has a long history, but it doesn't leak. This is the same as "If you want to be unknown, you must do it yourself" and "If you don't reach out, you will be caught".
15, heaven has no relatives and friends, and often works with good people.
Explanation: God has no preference for people, but as a result, he often helps good people. If you get this word, you will get more help, but if you lose it, you will get less help. God does nothing, but often helps kind people.