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From the thirtieth chapter of Tao Te Ching
Author Lao Zi? the Spring and Autumn Period
Original text:
Those who help others with Tao will not strengthen the world with soldiers.
It's too far.
Where the teacher is, the thorn is born; After joining the army, there must be a fierce year.
Good is only fruitful, not strong.
Fruit without pity, fruit without cutting, fruit without arrogance.
If you have to, don't be strong.
Things get old when they are strong, which means there is no way, no way.
Translation:
Those who assist the monarch according to the principle of "Tao" do not use soldiers to show their courage in the world. This kind of belligerence is bound to pay off. Wherever the army goes, there are thorns, and there will be famine years after the war.
People who are good at fighting can do it as long as they achieve the purpose of fighting, and they don't rely on strength to be brave and aggressive.
If you achieve your goal, don't hold yourself back. If you achieve your goal, don't cry roast meat. If you achieve your goal, don't be self-righteous. If you have to, don't try to be brave.
In the past, strong things will decline, indicating that things that do not conform to Tao will soon die out.
Tao Te Ching:
The philosophical works 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, were a work before the separation of the pre-Qin philosophers in ancient China, and were an important source 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. ?
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 had a profound influence on traditional philosophy, science, politics and religion? [3]? .
According to the statistics of UNESCO, the Tao Te Ching is the most widely translated and published cultural masterpiece except the Bible. ?
Creative background:
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 my wife."
Recommend Laozi to study in Zhoudu. The literature records: "Last week, I went to see a doctor, went to imperial academy, learned everything about astronomy, geography and human feelings, read all the poems and books, and learned all the cultural relics, laws and history books, and made great progress in my studies.
The doctor also recommended him to be an official in the Tibetan room. The sutra depository is a collection of ancient books in the Zhou Dynasty, which is full of articles and books from all over the world. "Through this experience, Lao Tzu has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and made him famous.
Laozi was born in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the environment was weak in the Zhou Dynasty, and various governors constantly competed for hegemony. The violent turmoil and changes made Lao Tzu witness the sufferings of the people, which was regarded as the Tibetan history of the Zhou Dynasty, so he put forward a series of thoughts on governing the country and protecting the people.
Yin also played a great role in the compilation of Tao Te Ching. When he was young, he was fond of astronomy, reading ancient books, and had a profound cultivation.
Sima Qian recorded in Historical Records Biography of Laozi that Laozi "lived in Zhou for a long time and saw Zhou decline, so he went away." Guan Guan (Order) Yin said, "My son must be hidden and written by me, so I walked with five thousand words of morality, and I never knew it."
Yin moved Lao Tzu, who traced his life experience, the success or failure of the dynasty and the safety of the people, and wrote two books, Tao Te Ching, with five thousand words.
Value impact:
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 all influenced by Laozi, and were praised as the king of all classics by Chinese ancestors? .
The influence of Tao Te Ching is also various, including politics, culture, science, religion and so on. According to the incomplete statistics of the Yuan Dynasty, from the pre-Qin period to the Yuan Dynasty, there were more than 3,000 kinds of works that studied and annotated the old, among which there were no fewer than 1000 kinds of representative works, which showed the great influence of the Tao Te Ching.
Reference from: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tao Te Ching