Before we begin, I think we should mention an idiom-purple gas comes from the east. According to legend, when Lao Tzu traveled to Hangu Pass on a westward journey, he ordered Yin to see a purple floating pass, and he was greeted by him when he passed the customs. If he sees an old man riding a green cow with a fairy wind, Yin sees that the old man has a beard like snow, like a saint. So I left Laozi outside the customs and asked him to write an article before going west. I couldn't refuse, so I wrote the Tao Te Ching to warn future generations.
The Tao Te Ching has only more than 5,000 words, and later generations divided it into 8 1 chapters. Although there are not many words, it is a wonderful chapter with careful words. It can be described as a wonderful book. Truth is naturally "mysterious and mysterious", so many people look at "Tao" and sigh. This is not surprising, after all, this book is all-encompassing, covering the dialectical methods of world outlook, outlook on life and values, including the wisdom of governing the country, philosophy of life, cultivation of human nature, military philosophy and health preservation.
Many people at home and abroad write book reviews for Tao Te Ching, and some people also write books for it. For example, Mr. Lu Xun once said, "If you don't read the Tao Te Ching, you won't know the true meaning of China culture and life." Another example is Ryutagawa of Japan, who thinks this book has a unique charm and gives people who are exhausted under the oppression of the secular world a magical power. Indeed, the book "Tao Te Ching" tells us how to look at things with relief and how to understand the yin and yang sides of everything, which is what we often say: "misfortune is blessed, and happiness is blessed." Look at everything in the world with an optimistic outlook on life and the world.
My first impression of reading this book is one word-deep! It can be said that every sentence in this book is enough for us to interpret for a lifetime! The Tao Te Ching has only more than 5,000 words, but the word "Tao" has appeared more than 80 times. So what is Tao? Laozi mentioned in the first chapter: Tao can be Tao, but it is extraordinary. The name can be named. It's very famous. It is more difficult for me to understand this book. But he commented Tao many times in later chapters. Even so, "Tao" is still very vague in my mind. After all, Lao Tzu interpreted Tao in many ways. Including the formation of the universe, dealing with people and governing the country militarily. These annotations of Laozi make my understanding of Tao more difficult. Let it go, how many people can be enlightened at all times and in all countries? Most people who realize the meaning of Tao are monks and scholars. In this way, I lost my intention to write a book. Water is mentioned many times in the book, and the beginning of chapter 8 is "Good as water", and we often come into contact with this idiom in our lives. What does this idiom mean? As far as I'm concerned, water is the most feminine, so is Tao. It benefits everything without fighting, and raises us without asking for anything in return. Therefore, "living well, being kind, being kind, speaking well, being good at politics, doing well, doing well, doing well, being arrogant, so it is special." What we want to learn is the moral character like water-doing nothing and doing everything, arguing and doing everything. Be hated by all and respected by all. Therefore, the monks and scholars who first realized the path of inaction will be respected by us! So I learned some lessons from the water.
Water is the softest thing. It is difficult for a horde to defeat a Qiaozui Zhang, and it is difficult for a sword to split into soft water. We know that water is soft, soft to the extreme! We can use swords, guns and shells to destroy some hard things, such as buildings and iron walls. But can you split the water with a sword? Can you fry a hole in the water with shells? We can't! These tough substances can only be invisible in water, so "the world is the softest and the world is the strongest". Water and Tao are invisible, and you are elusive and within reach. Surrounded by Tao, because Tao is "nothing". We know that the universe is an infinite space! This infinite space has bred countless planets, and our earth is just one of the humble particles, which is unique because there is life in it. We can't pretend because of this, because there may be countless higher life forms in the universe! Their technology may be beyond our imagination! Tao is like Xuanzang. Xuanzang is the female genitalia, and we will always be her children. Never pass her! We should learn the softness of Tao and water, so that our road will be smoother and our life will be smoother.
Some people tend to think that only "having" can be used by us. However, this is not the case. Nothing can be independent of being. The value of "existence" can only be displayed through certain forms. And this intangible form is nothing, and the reason why there is nothing is nothing. As mentioned above, all the planets in our universe have evolved from scratch. "Nothing" actually refers to space. For example, the house we live in is useful because it is empty and can accommodate people, so it has the function of a house. If a house is an entity, it has no value. Another example is the candy box, because it is empty and can hold candy, realizing its "value". The concepts of "being" and "nothing" are not only applicable to matter and space. It also applies to our psychology. We often tell our parents to give us some space. If others interfere in our space too much, we will feel very narrow, breathless and bored. The universe is the universe because it has enough space to put everything in, and if people have such a big space, we will be free! Freedom here is absolute freedom. However, this is impossible. We can't be on the same level as the invisible Tao, nor can we be above it. So our hearts always tell us what to do and what not to do. This is because our inner space is limited, and the universe is a big concept and infinite! We can't be equal to it, we can only keep pursuing it! Pursuing "nothing" pursues a realm where reality and virtual "being" and "nothing" work together. Only in this way can we achieve relative freedom and relax.
The invisible Tao, the softest water, is the object that pioneers learn from us and will never stop.
Laozi's dialectical view is mysterious, and the most famous one is Yin and Yang. Yin He has been extended to many relative concepts, such as affirmation and negation, right and wrong. Why is the Yin and Yang in Taiji diagram spiral? Why not divide it with lines? Why is there white in black and black in white? I think this design is the best embodiment of "good luck depends on bad luck" and "extremes meet". There is a little black in white, and a little white in black because everything has its opposite. "A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise" is the best example. When black goes beyond white and white goes beyond black, it becomes its opposite color and cycle. Other substances will be turbid if they are wantonly destroyed. Just like human beings, the circulation of all things is the foundation of their Tao. However, human beings intervened-destroying the forest and killing it. This will only disturb the normal order, and finally human beings will sink in this turbid airflow. And then return to normal. The ancients said, you can't run out of fish, you can only log and hunt. Translated into modern times, it just can't destroy the ecological balance. We should seize the interests correctly and be undisturbed. At the same time, we should realize the mutual transformation of good fortune and bad luck, and we should not forget the original image happily because of temporary success. Perhaps disaster lurks tomorrow, and we should not be discouraged by a temporary failure. Maybe luck is hidden behind you.
I summed up thirty-six words after reading the Tao Te Ching. Doing nothing, doing nothing, being indecisive, being tough, learning water, being kind to others, being clear about Yin and Yang, being sensible, stopping knowing, is beneficial to this, being alive and realizing morality.
Tao Te Ching is really a treasure of Chinese civilization, among which you have to read it yourself. Everyone can learn different things when reading the Tao.
Thoughts on Reading Tao Te Ching
Actually, this is the first time I have read the Tao Te Ching. Because of the homework assigned by the teacher, I can't go to the library to borrow the Tao Te Ching. On the way back from the library, I took the Tao Te Ching. I suddenly feel that I should finish reading this book earlier. Looking at the big characters on the cover, I suddenly felt very comfortable. What is the reason? I still don't understand.
The Classic of Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts, the upper part and the lower part. A version of Suntech Xia Dao was unearthed in Mawangdui, Changsha, but it is generally considered as Suntech Xia Dao. )
According to this classification, let's look at it separately.
Tao, namely heaven, is the law of nature.
Shown in several aspects. One is "Yi", which means change. The first sentence of Tao Te Ching says that "Tao can be Tao, but extraordinary", and the Tao that can be said is not "constant".
The second aspect is the law of "Yi". The so-called "Yi" method means that "the Tao says big, big is death, death is far, and far is opposite". The general meaning of this sentence is that everything is growing gradually, but the "strong man is old" will gradually decrease, so it returns to its original state.
Needless to say, the purpose of Lao Zi's writing this moral classic is to explain the moral laws, while the second half of the moral classic mainly talks about the way of being human, that is, how to apply heaven to personnel. It is not difficult for us to know. In fact, the focus of Laozi's writing of moral classics falls on the lower moral classics.
After reading the Tao Te Ching, the biggest feeling still comes from the string that was touched somewhere in my heart. "Forever and ever. The reason why heaven and earth are so long is that they can live forever because they are not born. It puts saints and bodies first; Living outside your body. Not because of its selfless evil? Therefore, it can be private. " It means that heaven and earth can last forever because they don't live for themselves, they exist naturally, so they can last forever. So the sage put himself behind, but he was respected. He put himself outside, but he saved himself. Isn't it because saints are not selfish? That's why he is himself. But just look at today's society, how many people can turn their backs on themselves? Only a few, the era of rapid economic expansion, so that more people lost themselves in the face of greed. I have to say that this is a social tragedy, and none of us want to see it.
The Tao Te Ching has only five thousand words, but as long as you read and understand it with your heart, you will find that I can sum up the truth in five thousand words.
Laozi pays attention to people's inaction, which is a state of mind, a cultivation and a dialectic. Promoting inaction to the society is helpful to the stability of the country, but if we stand at the height of historical development, one-sided inaction will not help the progress of mankind. Therefore, if contemporary young people want to understand the ancient theory of inaction, they should treat it dialectically. "Those who are good follow it and those who are not good change it." From the perspective of dealing with people, inaction is tolerance for people. "All rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance, towering walls and materialistic justice." Be tolerant of others. "All rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance, towering walls and materialistic justice."