Being kind, thrifty and not daring to be the world is the magic weapon of Lao Zi's self-cultivation at first, which we modern people should learn. The so-called "goodness" is love and mercy, telling the world to have love, compassion and compassion. Love is the most precious quality of human beings. Because of love, there are ethical relationships such as husband and wife, father and son, brother and sister.
Because there is love, there will be no regrets and dedication to the country, society, friends and even people you don't know. We will have sympathy and love for those who are inconvenient to move, those who live in poverty and those who are lonely and helpless. We are all willing to lend a hand to help them. This is the brilliance of human nature.
The word "love" generally refers to maternal love. When a mother gives birth to a child, no matter whether the child is beautiful or ugly, healthy or defective, it is completely accepted and cherished wholeheartedly.
Thrift is frugality, which is not only a material waste of money and goods, but also easy to consume energy and spirit. Dare to be the first in the world is modesty. Ancient emperors boasted that they were lonely and indifferent, that is, they wanted to be humble.
Laozi said: "Kindness makes people brave, frugality makes people broad, and being the first in the world makes them a master." With kindness, you can show great courage when you see anything dangerous.
"Being a woman is weak and being a mother is strong. Women are naturally delicate, but after becoming a mother, they can show great courage and strength in order to take care of and raise their children, even desperate to protect their safety.
If you are frugal and don't waste, you can extend the function of everything to the limit.
Chen Shuju is a vegetable vendor in rural market in Taitung, Taiwan. He scrimped and saved, gave the money he earned, five yuan and ten yuan, and then selflessly donated one million yuan to help orphans and poor children to the library. Over the past decades, the amount of donations has reached more than10 million yuan, becoming a social model and winning the best award of Time Magazine 20 10.
He who dares not be the first in the world can be the first of all, because if he doesn't argue with others, no one will argue with him. Laozi emphasized that "the strong is down, and the weak is up." A stubborn person, who is brave and hard-working, will certainly not be able to subdue the hearts of the public. On the contrary, a person with a soft personality will be a real leader only if his style is not tough and harmonious.
Laozi said: "Today I am kind and brave, frugal and broad, and would rather die than surrender!" " If you give up love and seek courage, give up frugality and strive for extravagance, and give up concession and strive for the lead, the result will be self-destruction. Why?
Courage without love is reckless; If you don't know thrift and luxury, you can't accumulate wealth for virtue; Trying to show off everywhere, striving for the first place, will definitely get into trouble.
The history books of Chu state say: "Chu state does not attach importance to treasure, but kindness does. 」
Kim's uncle told Kim's son that exiles have no treasures, but love their loved ones. It can be seen that both a country and an individual should have a set of ways to govern the country and a set of bodies, which is the criterion for governing the country and cultivating oneself.
Taking kindness as a treasure and benevolence as a treasure is the representative of Confucianism, and Laozi regards kindness, frugality and daring as the first treasure in the world. Confucianism emphasizes initiative, giving up who I am and doing my duty, while Taoism advocates passivity, retreating for progress, doing nothing and being natural. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is difficult to tell the difference. Although the means are different, the goal is the same, which is to rule the world, improve people's happiness and pursue personal ways to settle down.
Laozi advocates not being the first in the world, because the operation of the way of heaven and earth is changeable repeatedly, and there is an eternal law, that is, the strong are eliminated and eliminated, and the weak remain and emerge. People who are competitive are losers, people who show weakness, people who are soft-hearted, people who feel inferior, and finally winners.
Laozi said, "If you want to abolish it, you must raise it. If you want to take it away, you have to repair it. " During the Three Kingdoms period, Kong Ming's deep understanding of ignorance, empty city stratagem, borrowing arrows from grass boats, and capturing Meng Huo in seven times were all very wonderful performances. Laozi's idea of not being the best in the world is actually to be the best in the world.
Lao Tzu said, "We should not be stingy in governing people and affairs. > > > means to save and cherish. To govern the people and cultivate themselves, we must be thrifty and cherish, and we must not waste money, goods, time and energy.
"Little wealth depends on frugality, while great wealth depends on the sky. When a person begins to save money, he begins to have money. A person doesn't care how much he earns, but how much he uses. Spending less than income makes you rich, spending more than income makes you poor.
In addition to saving money and goods, it is also important to love the essence and cultivate the heart. Huang Lao's way of keeping in good health is to emphasize how to keep "innocence" and natural qi, improve health and prolong life.
Rule the country when the people are in power. Don't disturb the people's stable life, and don't have too many corvees and taxes. The rule of the cultural scene in the Han Dynasty allowed the people to have a full rest, which made the brilliant career of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and laid the foundation for peace and stability.
In a word, the three treasures put forward by Laozi, compassion, frugality and indisputable, can be said to be very important principles and norms for a person to stand in the world.