One to Two Two to Three means: from one to two, from two to three. It is said to be connected from one point to another. From the Tao Te Ching.
The Tao Te Ching, also known as the "Tao Te Ching", "Lao Tzu", "Five Thousand Words" and "Lao Tzu's Five Thousand Essays", is a work written by the pre-Qin scholars in ancient China before the division of the family. According to legend, it was written by Laozi (Li Er) during the Spring and Autumn Period, and is an important source of Taoist philosophical thought. The Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts.
The original text, the first part of "De Jing" and the second part of "Tao Jing", were not divided into chapters. Later, they were changed to "Tao Jing" with chapter 37 at the front, and after chapter 38 of "De Jing", they were divided into chapters. For 81 chapters. The text takes "morality" in the philosophical sense as its outline, and discusses the ways of self-cultivation, governing the country, using military force, and maintaining health. Most of the text focuses on politics. It is the so-called "sage within and king outside". The text is profound and comprehensive.
According to literature, Lao Tzu was meditative, studious, and knowledgeable. In the process of teaching knowledge by his teacher Shang Rong, I always inquired about the root cause and was very eager for knowledge. In order to solve his doubts, he often looked up at the sun, moon and stars, thinking about what the sky was, so that he often couldn't sleep. Later, Teacher Shang Rong "actually knows everything I have learned."
Recommended me to study in Zhoudu. Documentary records: "Laozi entered the Zhou Dynasty, met with doctors, and entered the Imperial College. He studied astronomy, geography, and human relations. He studied everything, cultural relics, laws, and history books. He made great progress in his studies.
< p>The doctor also recommended him to be an official in the collection room. The collection room was the place where the classics of the Zhou Dynasty were collected, and there were countless books from all over the world. "Through this experience, I accumulated a lot of knowledge. His rich knowledge also made him famous far and wide.Laozi was born in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The environment at that time was that the Zhou Dynasty was weak, and wars continued among the various princes to compete for dominance. The severe turmoil and changes made Laozi witness the suffering of the people. As a Tibetan official in the Zhou Dynasty, he put forward a series of ideas for governing the country and bringing peace to the people.
Yin Xi, the commander of Hangu Pass, also played a huge role in the completion of the Tao Te Ching. When he was young, he was fond of astronomy, loved reading ancient books, and was deeply cultivated. Sima Qian recorded in the "Historical Records of Laozi" that Laozi "lived in Zhou for a long time, and saw the decline of Zhou, so he left.
When he arrived at the pass, Guan (order) Yin Xi said: "You will be in hiding, and you will be strong for me. "I wrote a book, so I left with five thousand words of morality, but I don't know the end." Yin Xi moved Laozi, and Laozi used his own life experience and the rise and fall of the dynasty, the safety and misfortune of the people as a guide to trace its origin, and wrote , the next two chapters, a total of five thousand words, are the Tao Te Ching.