Original text:
Things are mixed, born naturally, lonely, independent and unchanged, and can be the mother of heaven and earth.
I don't know its name, but the word Dao is stronger than the name.
Death is great, death is far away.
Far is the opposite.
The old road is big, big, big, and the king is big.
There are four in the domain, and Wang Juyi is one of them.
Man's law is based on the earth, the earth is based on the sky, the sky is based on the Tao, and the Tao is natural.
Translation:
A thing is mixed and existed before the formation of heaven and earth. You can't hear its sound or see its shape. It is silent and empty, independent and eternal, without any external force, cyclical and never exhausted, which can be regarded as the foundation of everything. I don't know its name, but I reluctantly called it "Tao" and then reluctantly named it "Da".
It runs endlessly, running endlessly into the distance, into the distance and back to its original place. So, there are big, big, big, big people. There are four universes and people live in one of them. Man takes the method of land, the method of land takes the method of heaven, and heaven takes the method of "Tao". Tao is purely natural.
The author introduces:
Laozi, surnamed Li Minger, pronounced Boyang (or Shu Boyang). Born in 57 1 year BC, died in 47 1 year BC. Together with Li, a representative figure in China's modern cultural and educational circles, they are called "the top ten educators who have influenced the history of China".
According to Historical Records and many other ancient books, Laozi was a native of ancient counties (now Luyi County, Henan Province and Guoyang County, Anhui Province) in the Spring and Autumn Period. After the death of Laozi, Guxian County belonged to Chu State in the Warring States Period and to Chu State in the Han Dynasty.
China was an ancient thinker, philosopher, writer, historian, founder and main representative of Taoist school, and was also called "Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi" with Zhuangzi. In the Tang Dynasty, he was regarded as the ancestor of Li. It is listed as a world cultural celebrity and one of the world's top 100 historical celebrities.
Laozi served as a Tibetan shepherd in the Zhou Dynasty and was famous for his erudition. Once, Confucius went to see Zhou and asked him for a gift. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the world was in chaos, and Lao Tzu wanted to abandon his official position and retire, so he rode a green cow westward. When I arrived at Hangu Pass, I was invited by Yin, the Commissioner of Customs, to write the Tao Te Ching.
Laozi's thought has a far-reaching influence on the development of China's philosophy, and its ideological core is simple dialectics. Politically, it advocates teaching by doing nothing and teaching without words. Politically, pay attention to the truth that extremes meet. In the aspect of self-cultivation, paying attention to the practice of modesty and sincerity without competing with others is the ancestor of Taoist double cultivation.
Laozi's masterpiece Tao Te Ching (also known as Laozi) is one of the most widely circulated works in the world.