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Xuanmen, pinyin is xuán mén, Laozi: "Mysterious, mysterious, the gate of Wan Qi." Later, because "Xuanmen" refers to Taoism. Tianmen. Tomb door. Refers to the deep realm.
Tao Te Ching is a philosophical work written by Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as the moral truth, with 5,000 words and 5,000 articles by Laozi. It is a work of China before the separation of the pre-Qin philosophers in ancient times, and it 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 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", known as the king of all classics, with profound meaning and wide tolerance.
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 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); This edition of He Shanggong's Tao Te Ching contains 520 1 words (emphasis 94 words).
Wang Bi annotated Lao Zi's Tao Te Ching with 5 162 words (including 106 words) and Fu Yi's Tao Te Ching Ancient Books with 5450 words (including 106 words). According to the literature, Lao Tzu is quiet, studious and knowledgeable.
In the process of teaching knowledge by his teacher, Shang Rong, Laozi always gets to the bottom of the matter and is very eager for knowledge. In order to solve doubts, he often looks up at the sun, moon and stars and thinks about what the sky is, so that he often can't sleep. Later, Mr. Shang Rong "really learned everything from the old lady." Recommend Laozi to study in Zhoudu.