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Ceng Shiqiang's Tao Te Ching, Chapter 50
Literal translation of Tao Te Ching

Chapter 50

Risking his life. Three out of ten students were born; Three out of ten people died; There are also three-tenths of people who live and die together. Why the husband? Because of his heavy life.

Gai Wenshan is a photographer, so he won't meet tigers on the road, and he won't join the army (pθ) as a soldier. There is nothing to throw at its angle, and the tiger is at a loss. Its claws (zh m: o) and the blade of the soldier have no place to put them. Why? Not fatal.

Literal translation:

Risking his life. From birth to death. )

Living, (the growing kind)

Three tenths; (Three out of ten people. )

The dead, (the kind close to death,)

Three tenths; (Three out of ten people. )

People's lives, (in normal life,)

Go to death, (go to death because of recklessness,)

Nine times out of ten. (There are also three out of ten people. )

Why? (What's the reason? )

In its original thickness. (Because they are using their lives to gain the benefits of life. )

Gai Wenshan is a photographer.

You won't meet tigers when you walk on land.

Joining the army is not a soldier; You won't be hurt by enemy soldiers when you enter the army. )

A rhinoceros has no place to display its horns.

Tigers are at a loss about their paws.

Soldiers have no place to put their knives. The enemy soldier has no place to use his knife. )

Why? (What's the reason? )

No death. Because they have no fruit that leads to death. )

Conclusion: Obviously, Lao Zi used life and death events to prove moral events in this chapter. Because Laozi witnessed that the world could not understand the true meaning of life and death, some people blindly feared death, took tonics and even sought immortality medicine, and all failed. Some people don't know the true meaning of true self and false self, so they wander between life and death and don't know how to use false self to cultivate my spirituality. So three out of ten people live and support their own lives, three out of ten people are addicted to hurting their bodies and want to commit suicide, and three out of ten people can't resist the temptation of turning from life to death, because monks treat all beings in the world with compassion and equality. After all, "the benevolent wins the hearts of the people and loves things harmoniously."

Laozi believes that people who cultivate truth and rationality must achieve the effect of "not meeting tigers on land and not recruiting soldiers with real armor". The reason lies in the "quiet" kung fu, which tells us invisibly that the armored soldiers and tigers in their hearts must first be prepared, and the methods are 1' s mind cultivation, 2' s convergence, 3' s desire for five colors and five flavors, and 4' s contempt for all power and fame. Because all of the above can kill people, the world is often willing to do it, just as a fierce tiger hurts people and doesn't know how to avoid it, and soldiers don't know how far it is dangerous.

Nine times out of ten, The Wheel of Life and Death proves that too many people in this world think this is true. There are one-tenth outside the wheel of life and death, and there are too few people who abandon the false and return to the true.

Jing Jingyun: All sentient beings think that people who can't get the truth are delusions. Delusion scares the gods, scaring things leads to greed, and greed leads to worry. If they worry about their bodies and minds, they will be humiliated and wandering, and they will be distorted in the ocean of suffering forever. Those who truly realize the truth will be complacent, and those who realize the truth will never be quiet.