The original text is as follows:

Its politics is old-fashioned, and its people are innocent; Its political censorship, its people lack. Misfortune, happiness, happiness, misfortune. Who knows its extremes? There's nothing wrong with that. The recovery is amazing, and it is the demon that recovers well. People's infatuation is long-lasting. It is based on the sage without cutting, sincere without embarrassment, straight without arrogance, light without dazzle.

The translation is as follows:

If politics is generous and clear, the people will be simple and honest; When politics is cruel and dark, people are cunning and complain. Disaster, happiness depends on it; Happiness and disaster are hidden in it. Who can know whether it is disaster or happiness?

They have no clear standards. People's confusion has a long history. Therefore, the sage of Tao is square but not stiff, angular but not harmful, straight but not arrogant, bright but not dazzling.

Brief introduction of Tao Te Ching:

Laozi's philosophical works in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as Tao Te Ching, Laozi's 5,000 Words and Laozi's 5,000 Articles, are the works of China before the separation of pre-Qin philosophers in ancient times, and are important sources 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.

Laozi's Five Thousand Words and Laozi's Five Thousand Articles, known as the moral canon, was written by Laozi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period and was an important source of Taoist philosophy before the separation of pre-Qin philosophers in ancient China.

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, mostly focusing on politics. It is the so-called "inner sage and outer king", which has profound meaning and wide tolerance and is known as the king of all classics.

It is one of the greatest masterpieces in China's history, and it has a far-reaching 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".