From Laozi's Tao Te Ching during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Rule the country with righteousness, use troops with strangeness, and take the world with nothing. How should I know? In this way: there are many taboos in the world and the people are poor; Many people are sharp weapons, and the country is dizzy; Many people are clever, and strange things are born; Many laws, many thieves. Therefore, the sage said, "I do nothing, but the people only care about themselves;" I am so quiet that the people are self-righteous; I have nothing to do and the people are rich; I have no desire, but the people are simple. "
Governing by doing nothing, governing the country by quietness, using troops skillfully and governing the world by sophistry. How do I know that? This is the basis: the more taboos in the world, the more people fall into poverty; The more sharp weapons the people have, the more chaotic the country will be.
The more people's skills, the more evil spirits and strange things will be; The stricter the law, the more thieves there are. Therefore, a Taoist sage said, I do nothing, and the people educate themselves; I am quiet and the people are naturally rich; I want nothing, and the people are naturally simple.
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Creation background
According to the literature, Lao Tzu is quiet, studious and knowledgeable. In the process of teaching knowledge by his teacher, Shang Rong, Laozi always gets to the bottom of the matter and is very eager for knowledge. In order to solve doubts, he often looks up at the sun, moon and stars and thinks about what the sky is, so that he often can't sleep.
Later, Mr. Shang Rong recommended Laozi to study in Zhoudu. Documentary records: I went to see a doctor in Zhou, entered imperial academy, learned astronomy, geography and human feelings, read poems, books, the Book of Changes, calendars, rituals, music, cultural relics, law and history books, and made great progress in my studies. The doctor also recommended him to be an official in the Tibetan room.
The sutra depository is a collection of ancient books in the Zhou Dynasty, which is full of articles and books from all over the world. Through this experience, Laozi accumulated a wealth of knowledge and made him famous.
Laozi was born in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the environment was weak in the Zhou Dynasty, and various governors constantly competed for hegemony. The violent turmoil and changes made Lao Tzu witness the sufferings of the people, which was regarded as the Tibetan history of the Zhou Dynasty, so he put forward a series of thoughts on governing the country and protecting the people.
Yin also played a great role in the compilation of Tao Te Ching. When he was young, he was fond of astronomy, reading ancient books, and had a profound cultivation. Sima Qian recorded in Biography of Historical Records that Yin touched Lao Zi. Lao Zi traced his life experience, the success or failure of the dynasty and the safety of the people to the source and wrote the first and second books, which were * * * 5,000 words, that is, the Tao Te Ching.