Source: Chapter 37 of Laozi's Tao Te Ching in the Spring and Autumn Period
Tao often does nothing but do everything. If the marquis can keep it, everything will take care of itself. If you want to do it, I'll make the town nameless, the town nameless, and my husband won't. If you don't want to be quiet, the world will decide.
Tao always obeys nature and does nothing, but there is nothing it doesn't do. If the marquis can become a political citizen according to the principle of Tao, then everything will be self-educated, self-protected and fully developed.
When I am born with greed, I will use Tao to curb it. If we convince it with the truth of Tao, there will be no greed. There must be no greed in everything, and the world will naturally achieve stability and peace.
Extended information 1. Creation background
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.
Second, the practical significance
People often think that Laozi does not attach importance to "behavior". In fact, in the history of China's philosophy, it was Laozi's philosophy that strongly advocated "inaction" and put forward and investigated the problem of "behavior" from a philosophical height for the first time, thus laying a logical and historical starting point for the unique artificial practice spirit in China's philosophical tradition.
In particular, the basic proposition of Laozi's philosophy, "Doing nothing and doing everything", brilliantly shows a series of profound tensions between man and nature and human existence through its own deep paradox, which still has profound enlightenment significance for us to discuss and solve the development problems of modern human beings today.
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