Source: Chapter 38 of Laozi's Tao Te Ching in the Spring and Autumn Period: "The former knower is the flower of the Tao, and the beginning of stupidity is the thick medicine, not the thin; Actually, it is not in China. So go there and get this. "
The so-called prophet is just the superficial appearance of Tao and the beginning of ignorance. Therefore, people who are loyal to the Tao should be honest and not frivolous. That is true vanity. Therefore, we should abandon frivolous vanity and adopt simplicity.
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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.