1, with great virtue: the trend of the earth is smooth and thick, and a gentleman should be so kind and tolerant of everything. The phrase "carrying things with virtue" comes from the Book of Changes. The original text is: Tian Xingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement. The capacity of the earth is limited, so a gentleman must constantly cultivate his own virtue to undertake the world. It means: the earth carries everything with its breadth and depth, so it can benefit everything with good conduct. The virtue of a gentleman is that a gentleman should bear everything, tolerate everything, nourish everything and benefit everything with profound and good conduct, just like the earth.
2. The main text of Tao Te Ching takes morality in the philosophical sense as the key link, and discusses the ways of self-cultivation, governing the country, using troops and keeping in good health, mostly for the purpose of politics. It is the so-called theory of being sage inside and king outside, which has profound meaning and is widely inclusive, 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.
In essence, The Book of Changes is a book about changes, which has been used as divination for a long time. Later generations know more about his philosophy, thus becoming a profound dialectical philosophical work. Divination is to predict the development of future events, and The Book of Changes is a book that summarizes the laws and theories of these predictions. The Book of Changes is an outstanding representative of China culture. Vast, subtle and all-encompassing, it is also the source of Chinese civilization. Its content involves philosophy, politics, life, literature, art, science and many other fields, and it is the first of the common classics of Confucianism and Taoism.