Original text:

If an enterprise doesn't stand, it won't work. If you see that you are unknown, you won't show yourself. It's useless to kill yourself, and it's not long to cry roast meat. It is also in the Tao, saying it is redundant. Things or evil, so there is no way anywhere.

Translation:

Stand on tiptoe high, but can't stand up; Stride fast, but not far. What you see is not clear; Self-righteousness is not obvious; Blow your own horn, you can't afford to make contributions; An arrogant person cannot be the leader of everyone. In Tao's view, these impatient and grandiose behaviors can only be said to be leftovers. Because they are disgusting things, people who have the means will never do this.

Extended data:

Tao Te Ching is a philosophical work written by Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as the moral truth, with 5,000 words and 5,000 articles by Laozi. It is a work of China before the separation of the pre-Qin philosophers in ancient times, and it is an important source of Taoist philosophy. Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts. The first part of the original text is the Tao Te Ching, and the second part is the Tao Te Ching, without chapters. Later, it was changed to the Tao Te Ching in the first 37 chapters, and the Tao Te Ching in the last 38 chapters, divided into 8 1 chapters.

The text of Tao Te Ching takes "morality" in the philosophical sense as the main line, and discusses the ways of self-cultivation, governing the country, using troops and keeping in good health, but most of them aim at politics. It is the so-called "inner sage and outer king" theory, which has profound meaning and wide tolerance and is known as the king of all classics.

Tao Te Ching is one of the greatest works in the history of China, which has a profound influence on traditional philosophy, science, politics and religion. According to the statistics of UNESCO, the Tao Te Ching is the most widely translated and published cultural masterpiece except the Bible. Known as "the source of Chinese culture" and "the king of all classics".

The total number of words in Tao Te Ching varies from edition to edition: Mawangdui silk book, with 5344 words in the first edition and 5342 words in the second edition (with emphasis on 124 words); In this edition, He Ganggong's Tao Te Ching Zhang Sentence 520 1 word (with emphasis on 94 words), Wang Bi's Notes on Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching 5 162 word (with emphasis on 65,438 words) and Yi Fu's Tao Te Ching Guben 5450 words (with emphasis on 64 words).