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.

Brief introduction of Tao Te Ching:

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 a work before the separation of pre-Qin philosophers in ancient China, which 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.