Tao can be Tao, but it is not constant. A name can be named, but it is not a constant name. Nameless, the beginning of everything; Fame is the mother of everything. Therefore, there is no desire to see; There is always a desire to see what it is. Both of them came out together, with different names, the same names, mysterious and mysterious, and they are the gateway to all miracles.
Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beauty and evil is self; Everyone knows it is good, but he is not good at it. With or without, the difficulty is complementary, the length is complementary, the competition is complementary, and the sound is consistent. It is based on the sage's inaction and teaching. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and success depends on it. The husband only stayed at home, but the husband went.
Translation:
Tao can be said, but it is not eternal. A name can be named, but it is not an eternal name. "Nothing" is the foundation of heaven and earth, and "Being" is the root of all things. Therefore, we often observe and understand the mystery of Tao from "nothing"; We often observe and understand the clues of Tao from "you". Both "nothing" and "you" have the same origin and different names, which are both metaphysical. They are the beginning of all kinds of wonderful things.
Everyone knows that beauty is beautiful because people know what ugliness is; Everyone knows that good is good, because people know what is bad. Existence and nothingness are mutually generated, difficulty and easiness are mutually promoted, long and short are mutually contrasted, high and low are mutually restricted, sound and sound are mutually opposed, and first and then are mutually sequential.
Therefore, saints can do things in harmony with the sky and conform to nature, and do not need to proclaim precepts, so that everything can naturally arise without knowing its beginning, grow without taking it for themselves, and achieve something without claiming merit. Just because you don't take credit, there is no loss.
Brief introduction of Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching is a philosophical work written by Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as the moral truth, with 5,000 words and 5,000 articles by Laozi. It is a work of China before the separation of the pre-Qin philosophers in ancient times, and it is an important source of Taoist philosophy. Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts. The first part of the original text is the Tao Te Ching, and the second part is the Tao Te Ching, without chapters. Later, it was changed to the Tao Te Ching in the first 37 chapters, and the Tao Te Ching in the last 38 chapters, divided into 8 1 chapters.
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. Known as "the source of Chinese culture" and "the king of all classics".
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Tao Te Ching.