In this chapter, the official sentence of Lao Zi's Tao Te Ching is named "Guisheng", and Xiong Chunjin's Annotation of Lao Zi's Tao Te Ching is named "Life and Death". This chapter is about the way of life and death and the way of keeping in good health, warning people to be good at avoiding harm and abstinence in life in order to save their lives and live a long life.

Risking his life. Three out of ten were born and three out of ten died. Life and death are three things. Honey, why? In its original thickness. Gai Wenshan, who is alive, will not meet tigers on the road, nor will he join the army as a soldier. There is nothing to throw at its horns, the tiger is at a loss, and the soldiers have no place to put its blade. Honey, why? No death.

There are usually two explanations for this sentence: first, if people leave their way of life, they will go to a dead end. Second, people start from birth and finally die. In Tao Te Ching, "from birth to death" means the life process from birth to old age. Now people use the idiom "from birth to death" to describe the possibility of dying at any time at the risk of life. Often used to praise dedication regardless of personal safety.

There are three living disciples out of ten, and three dead disciples out of ten: the living disciples belong to the long-lived ones. Classes and genera. People born, people who live long. Three tenths, three tenths, three tenths. Mr. Yang Xingshun said: "Birth, aging, illness and death are one of the natural laws of Tao. Laozi believes that one third of human society is heading for natural prosperity; One third of people are dying of natural causes; Another third of people died young because they violated the naturalness of life, that is, violated the laws of the Tao and did things that they could not do. " Death belongs to the category of premature death. These two sentences mean longevity, accounting for three tenths; Short-lived, accounting for three tenths.

There are also the deaths of three living people: one's life, one copy of Fu and the silk book of "One's Life". According to the above, "the living" and "the dead" are natural in terms of longevity and short life. "Moving to death" here refers to the unnatural actions of human beings, which is often called recklessness. Nine tenths of them are not among the "good students". The other tenth is a "good student" who does not act rashly, goes with the flow and pays attention to the "unity of camp and spirit". These two sentences mean that life can live a long life, and three out of ten people are too supportive of life to act rashly and die.

Honey, why? With its thick life: thick life, thick self-support. Gao said: "The thickness of life" refers to people who are rich and self-supporting, who take medicine bait to adapt themselves to death in order to live forever. This is the end of the dead. Because the world knows that thieves harm people, generous self-support can keep fit. I didn't know they took the same thing from the victim, so they declared it. "I mean, what is the third reason for recklessness and death? Because I want to live forever, I abuse nutrition and support too generously. The living conditions of ancient emperors were the most generous, mostly for this reason.

Gai Wenshan took pictures of the living, but he didn't meet a tiger on the road, and he was not recruited by a soldier when he joined the army. He didn't know what to do. The tiger was at a loss about its claws and hills. Take care of life, keep in good health and be good at maintaining yourself. Tong: An animal of rhinoceros. Joining the army will not be killed by Jiabing, nor will it be killed by weapons in the war. It is said that people who are good at saving their lives will not meet domestic cows and tigers when walking on land, nor will they be killed by weapons in war: rhinoceros does not need its horns, tiger does not need its claws, and weapons do not need its blades.

Honey, why? Let it die: why? Because he didn't enter the death range. He doesn't deserve to die.

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Lao Zi's View on Life and Death from From Birth to Death; According to Lao Zi, man is born to live and dies to return to the land. In Lao Tzu's view, when a person is born, he is on the road to death. Zhuangzi inherited and developed Laozi's view of life and death. "The Joy of Zhuangzi" records that Zhuangzi's wife died, and his old friend Hui Shi went to Zhuangzi's house to offer condolences. When he saw Zhuangzi sitting on the ground with his legs spread out like a dustpan, knocking tiles while singing, his old friend was a little indignant and questioned Zhuangzi.

Zhuangzi explained to his friend, "Brother Hui, thank you for coming all the way to offer your condolences. In fact, when my wife just died, I was so sad that I cried! Later, I remembered that my wife was lifeless at first; Not only is there no life, but there is no body; It not only has no body, but also has no breathing.

If there is no mutation, the most primitive things are produced through change, then form through change, and then life through change. Now it's dead, lifeless. This change, just like the four seasons, is continuous. Now she is resting quietly between heaven and earth, and I am still crying. Isn't that too unreasonable? So I stopped crying. "

This is Zhuangzi's view of life and death. In "A Generation of Masters", he added: Neither death nor life can be arranged by human power, just like the alternation of day and night, it changes forever and is completely natural. Some things are impossible for people to participate in and interfere with, which is the fact that things change themselves. People always regard heaven as the father of life and love it all their lives, not to mention the superb "Tao"! The earth supports my body, tortures me with survival, relaxes me with aging and comforts me with death.

Therefore, seeing my existence as a good thing can also see my death as a good thing. "Thus, the Taoist view of life and death can be said to be a view of life and death that conforms to the nature of the avenue.

Summary:

The last chapter talked about how saints cultivate their morality and be kind to the people. In this chapter, Lao Tzu talked about the concept of life and death and the way of keeping in good health, telling people that about three-tenths of people live long and three-tenths of people die short, all of which are natural deaths. Another three-tenths of people could have lived a long life, but they were greedy, overnourished, reckless, disabled and died short-lived. Only a few (one in ten) people are good at avoiding harm, saving their lives, being selfish, doing nothing, staying away from death and living a long life naturally.