Heaven and earth are ruthless, and everything is a grass dog; Saints are ruthless and treat people like pigs.
Between heaven and earth, is it still ambiguous? Empty and unyielding, move out.
It is better to stay in the middle than to talk too much and calculate too little. "
Ruthless heaven and earth: the core idea of Confucianism is that "benevolence" will make things happen, be kind and promising, and the beneficiaries will lose their authenticity and independence. Heaven and earth are natural, nothing is created, and everything is autonomous, so it is called heartless.
Grass dog: a dog made of grass, which was used by the ancients to worship the gods. At the time of sacrifice, people put the pig in a box, put on gorgeous embroidered towels, and solemnly offered it to God, not loving it; After sacrifice, it is not hate to be trampled, abandoned and burned. It doesn't matter whether people are close to each other or not, and it is ruthless, so is heaven and earth to everything. See Zhuangzi Destiny.
Sages are heartless: Taoist saints imitate heaven and earth, and Wang Bi said, "saints and heaven and earth and their virtues", so saints are heartless.
Tan is a leather bag. The ancients smelted iron for blowing and igniting. It's a bamboo blowpipe, connected to a cowhide bag to blow air. This is an antique box.
Qu ()' s Er Sheng means exhaustion.
Counting poverty: there is a certain number of things, and there will be poverty in the end.
There is no goodness in heaven and earth, and everything will die. Saints have no mercy, and let the people live naturally. Isn't it like a bellows between heaven and earth? Although there is space inside, it is endless, and the wind keeps coming out when launching. If you talk too much, you lose. It is better to keep silent, keep your word and conform to the nature of all things.
This is Laozi's thought of "doing nothing" and "doing nothing without doing anything".