Inaction refers to the act of following the trend after thinking, that is, conforming to the changing law of nature, so that things can maintain their natural nature without artificial affectation, thus achieving the realm of "doing nothing without doing anything". It is a term of Taoist thought in China's pre-Qin period. According to different problems, we can adopt the attitude of "inaction" in political policy, such as government inaction and people's autonomy; It can also be used to cultivate one's morality.
Inaction means that a person is right and the world is right. Inaction is not inaction, not inaction, but not doing invalid work. You can't do what you shouldn't do, you must do what you should do, and you can't do it the other way around; Otherwise, it's against the Tao. Shi Kuang said in "On Yuan Jun's Road": "A gentleman's way is to be honest and do nothing, to serve humanity, to be virtuous, to broaden his eyes and ears, to look at all parties, not to indulge in selfish desires, not to be bound by the left and right, to be broad-minded, far-sighted, to be independent, and to save performance appraisal repeatedly. As a courtier, this person is also a gentleman." Ming Dow has a poem: "The way of nature is inaction, and inaction is promising. I got carried away, and my muddy image turned into a coma. Body and mind are still in the world, and the air surges and meets. It is expected that these are really wonderful, and several people will know. " There are twelve references to inaction in Tao Te Ching. The third chapter is called "inaction, no governance".
The word "nothing" of "inaction" is its traditional Chinese character "Mo" in all ancient editions of Laozi. In etymological sense, according to Mr. Pang Pu's textual research, it is closely related to the music and dance that ancient people tried to communicate with the imperceptible gods, so "Mo" is not meaningless, but intangible and imperceptible. So "only" means "it seems that there is nothing". (Say "nothing") It can be seen that in its original meaning, "nothing" is not inaction or inaction, but an act of moistening things silently. Zhang Zhan called this characteristic of Tao "grace".