In the era of Laozi, Taoism had a distinct political appeal, that is? Small country and few people? To put it bluntly, is to return to the Zhou Dynasty? Old and dead? Governing by doing nothing; But Taoism? Political views? With the passage of time, it gradually disappeared into history. Later, a Taoist sage, Zhuangzi, was born. We can see the Taoist karma at this time in many works of Zhuangzi. General trend? , has completely abandoned political views. Turn to the individual? Wu qi? . The so-called consistency means that everything in the world is regarded as one, and there is no difference in essence. Zhuangzi believes that only such a mentality can? Wandering around? And feel at ease.
Zhuangzi's own real thoughts, we are not good at speculating; But can we really see anything obvious from this idea? Cynicism? Color. After the Han dynasty, due to the strength of Taoism? Roll with the punches? Its characteristics became the biggest ideological weapon for the Han Dynasty to inherit the Qin system. At this time, there is a famous? Huang Zhi dispute? That is, the argument between Yuan Gusheng, a Confucian disciple, and Huang Sheng, a Taoist disciple. Taoism has become an advocate at this time? Although you are corrupt, I dare not resist? It is an understanding of nature and justice, which is quite different from Laozi's original intention.
So the rulers of past dynasties used Taoism to paralyze the bottom people and make them? Roll with the punches? . Wang Fuzhi, a great Confucian scholar in the Ming Dynasty, once had a famous assertion, called? At the top, Shen Han, at the bottom, the Buddha will grow old? . What is that? In Confucianism, how to help others? .