Tao Te Ching takes the philosophical meaning of "virtue" as the main line, 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 "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 covers philosophy, ethics, politics, military science and many other disciplines. , and was respected by future generations as a treasure house of governing the country, managing the family, cultivating oneself and doing research. It had a profound influence on China's philosophy, science, politics and religion, and embodied the world outlook and outlook on life of the ancient people in China.
The cultural thoughts of pre-Qin philosophers and China people were influenced by Laozi. Its influence is also various, including politics, culture, science, religion and so on.
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Tao Te Ching is a philosophical work of Laozi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as Tao Te Ching, Laozi's Five Thousand Words and Laozi's Five Thousand Articles. It was written by China's ancient pre-Qin philosophers before their separation, and was highly praised by them 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.
Tao Te Ching is the first book with a complete philosophical system in the history of China's philosophy, covering the world outlook, outlook on life and social and political views. Tao Te Ching has a profound influence on China's ancient philosophy, science, politics and religion. It also has a great influence on China people's morality and basic ways of doing things.
He played an inestimable role in the formation of Chinese national character and political unity and stability.
Tao Te Ching contains rich humanistic thoughts and humanistic "Tao". This unique and rich humanistic approach has practical significance in today's harmonious cultural construction, that is, increasing harmonious factors, dissolving disharmonious factors and promoting the formation of socialist core value system. "Harmony" is an important concept in Tao Te Ching, and "harmony" is the normal state of everything.
Tao Te Ching is full of harmonious thoughts and flashes a lot of wisdom. "Tao Te Ching" says that "all things are negative and embrace Yang, and they rush to think of peace. Knowledge and thinking are common, knowledge is common, and knowledge is bright. "Because only there is harmony in the air and harmony in the cycle can everything grow. "
Chapter 68 mentions that "those who are good at being scholars are not martial; A good soldier is not angry; Those who are good at defeating the enemy do not cooperate; Those who make good use of people do it. It is an indisputable virtue, it is the power of employing people, it is commensurate with the sky, and it is extremely old. " If we truly "do not dispute", we can conform to heaven and tend to harmony.