Said by: In the Spring and Autumn Period, Lao Tzu's philosophical work "Tao Te Ching" is in the third chapter, and the original text is as follows:
It is to rule by saints, hollowing out their hearts, consolidating their bellies, weakening their aspirations, strengthening their bones, and constantly making the people ignorant and lustless.
Therefore, the sage's principle of governing the country is: emptying people's minds, filling people's stomachs, weakening people's competitive intentions, strengthening people's bones and muscles, and often making people have no wisdom and no desire.
In this chapter, Laozi advocates "no Shang Xian" and "making people ignorant and have no desire", and he imagines that people should return to a state of "inaction" without contradiction. However, the material civilization and spiritual civilization of human society are constantly developing and improving, so this idea of Laozi is impossible and negative.
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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 discusses the ways of self-cultivation, governing the country, using troops and keeping in good health, mostly aiming at 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. 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. 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.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Tao Te Ching