This is a two-chapter article taken from Laozi, the first is Chapter 8.
The original text of Laozi is:
The best is like water.
Water benefits all things without competing for it. It is disliked by everyone, so it is almost in line with the Tao.
Living in a good place,
having a kind heart,
being kind and benevolent,
speaking good words and trustworthy,
doing political work Good governance,
doing good things,
doing good things at the right time,
the husband does not fight, so he has no worries.
The following is an understanding I wrote a long time ago. If you can, you can read it.
Kindness, good nature, good, doing things well. All good things can be replaced by goodness.
The highest good is like water, and the highest level of good should be like water.
Water is beneficial to all things without competing with it, and it is in a bad condition. It can be used to wash away the dirt on people and clothes. Things are also used to irrigate farmland and are drank by animals and people. It always does the worst things that others cannot do.
But in such a relatively bad situation, we still do what is most beneficial to all things and do not compete with all things. Therefore, water is very close to Tao.
Here are two sentences to illustrate some characteristics of water;
(The invisible one is the ancestor of things; the soundless one is the ancestor of sound. Its son is light. , its grandson is water, all born from the invisible!")
(Huainanzi said: "Nothing in the world is softer and weaker than water, but it is immeasurably large and unfathomable. If you reach the extreme, you will fall far away. Boundless, loss of interest and loss of benefits, the sky is like rain and dew, and the earth is like moisture. All things cannot grow without success, and everything has to be done. A large group of people are born without selfishness, and the benefits reach the earth without seeking retribution. Wealth can help the world, and virtue can be given to the people without any expense. ”)
If the people who live there and the people who live there do good things, then that place will become a geomantic treasure. < /p>
If a person's heart is kind, then his mind will be broad, just like the sea.
If a person can be kind when giving, then his heart will be broad. If a person's words and deeds are kind, then he will become a trustworthy person.
If a person's political ideas are kind, then he will become a person of good faith. He will become a person who is good at governance.
If a person can handle things well and do "good things", then he will be called a capable person.
< p>If a person acts kindly, he will be able to handle things smoothly and live smoothly.Because he has no fighting spirit, he will not have any worries at any time.
(If there is no fight, then no one can fight with him, and he will have no fight. Any strong opponent is the same as the weakest opponent in front of him.)
< p>Then it is taken from Chapter 78 of the Tao Te Ching, the original text is:Chapter 80 "Laozi"
No one in the world is weaker than water,
And attack the strong without being able to attack them first.
Because water can defeat the strong, the weak can win.
Everyone in the world knows this. But Mo Zhi can do it.
Therefore, the sage said: If you accept the criticism of the country, you are called the master of the country; if you accept the misfortune of the country, you are the king of the world. /p>
What you say is contrary to your words.
Teaching without words is beneficial by doing nothing.
The meaning of this passage,
< p>Higher goodness is like water, which is beneficial to all things and helps people deal with the worst things. For example, if clothes are dirty, wash them with water, and if you are hungry, drink water. This will undoubtedly make the water dirty and make the water disappear. , and in this way, the water is still the same as before.I can’t translate it directly. Let me give you some understanding.
1. Water always flows downward.
2. Water is invisible. No matter what iron or weapon, they may be able to destroy hard walls, but they are helpless against water because water does not resist it with hardness, but with humility. Let its sharpness become invisible.
This should be the victory of the weak against the strong, and the soft against the strong.
3. Therefore, teaching without words and doing nothing may also be a good education and help.