Tao can be Tao, very Tao; The name can be named. It's very famous.

Unknown is the beginning of all things, famous is the mother of all things.

Therefore, there is always a desire to see its wonders, and there is always a desire to see its worries.

These two, with different names, are called mystery, mystery, mystery and the door to all difficulties.

2. Translation

If Tao can be expressed in words, it is often Tao (Tao can be expressed in words, but it is not ordinary Tao); If a "name" can be named by words, it is a constant "name" ("name" can also be explained, it is not an ordinary "name")

"Nothing" can be used to describe the situation when the world is in chaos. And "you" is the name of the origin of all things in the universe. Therefore, we should always observe and understand the mystery of Tao from "nothing"; We should always observe and understand the clues of "Tao" from the perspective of "being" and "being", which have the same origin and different names, and can be called profound and profound.

It is not a general mystery, but profound and profound, and it is the general door of the mysteries of the universe (from the mystery of "name" to the intangible mystery, "Tao" is the door to understand all the changes of mysteries).

3. In this chapter, Laozi focuses on his philosophical category-"Tao". Is the attribute of Tao materialistic or idealistic? This is a long-standing problem, which has aroused the strong interest of many scholars since ancient times. In history, Han Feizi lived in a time closer to Laozi. He was the first scholar to annotate the Tao Te Ching.

"Tao can be extraordinary" comes from the first chapter of Tao Te Ching.

Tao Te Ching is a philosophical work of Lao Zi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as Tao Te Ching, Lao Zi's Five Thousand Words and Lao Zi's Five Thousand Articles. It is a work before the separation of pre-Qin philosophers in ancient China and an important source of Taoist philosophical thoughts. 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.

The Classic of Tao Te Ching, also known as the True Classic of Morality, Five Thousand Words of Laozi and Five Thousand Articles of Laozi, was written before the separation of pre-Qin philosophers in ancient China, and was highly praised by the philosophers at that time. This legend was written by Laozi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period and 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 takes "virtue" 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, but most of them focus on politics. It is the so-called "inner sage and outer king" theory, which has profound meaning and is inclusive. ?

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).

The current edition of Tao Te Ching is annotated by Wang Bi, with a word count of 5 162.

References:

Tao Te Ching-Baidu Encyclopedia