For the sake of learning, the meaning of "increasing day by day, for the sake of Tao" is: the lust and ornamentation of people who are studying are increasing day by day.
In order to learn, you are getting better and better, and in order to be wise, you are getting worse every day.
This sentence comes from a poem written by Laozi. "In order to learn, we are growing day by day, and in order to be wise, we are losing weight every day" comes from Chapter 48 of Laozi's "Tao Te Ching".
"Tao Te Ching", also known as "Tao Te Ching", "Laozi", "Five Thousand Words", "Laozi Five Thousand Essays", is a work written by the ancient Chinese pre-Qin philosophers before the division of the family. , which was admired by scholars at that time, is said to have been written by Laozi (Li Er, a native of Luyi, Henan) during the Spring and Autumn Period, and is an important source of Taoist philosophical thought. The Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts. The original text is the first part "De Jing" and the second part "Tao Jing". They are not divided into chapters. Later they were changed to "Tao Jing". Chapter 37 comes first, and after chapter 38 it is "De Jing" and divided into chapters. For 81 chapters. It is the first complete philosophical work in Chinese history.
The "Tao Te Ching" was regarded as a Taoist classic from 206 BC to 200 AD. Therefore, some scholars believe that the "Tao Te Ching" is divided into eighty-one chapters and has obvious Taoist nine-nine chapters. The idea of ??one is far-fetched in the division of content. However, the first thirty-seven chapters of the Tao Te Ching preach and the last forty-four chapters talk about virtue. To put it simply, Tao is the body and virtue is the function. The two cannot be equated. In the Qing Dynasty, Wei Yuan broke this convention for the first time and divided the Tao Te Ching into sixty-eight chapters, relatively maintaining the integrity of each chapter.
The original text of this poem is as follows
In order to learn, it is getting worse day by day, and in order to be Tao, it is getting damaged day by day, and it is getting damaged again and again, until it leads to inaction. If you do nothing but do everything, you will always have nothing to do to win the world; if you have something to do, it will not be enough to win the world.
Translation of the entire poem
Those who seek to learn, their erotic ornaments increase day by day; those who seek the Tao, their erotic ornaments decrease day by day. Reduce and reduce, and finally reach the state of "inaction". If you can do nothing, that is, do nothing rashly, you can make a difference in anything. Those who govern the country should always take the principle of not disturbing the people as the basis of governing the country. If they often disturb the people with cumbersome policies, they are not worthy of governing the country.
Notes
1. Weixue increasingly: Weixue reflects the knowledge of exploring foreign objects. The "learning" here should refer to politics, religion, ritual and music. Increasingly: refers to increasing one’s knowledge and wisdom.
2. For the Tao, Sun Loss: For the Tao, it is the "Tao" to understand the undifferentiated state of things through meditation or experience. The "Tao" here refers to the natural way, the way of inaction. Damage refers to the gradual loss of erotic ornaments.
3. Do nothing without doing anything: If you don’t act rashly, there is nothing you can’t accomplish.
4. Take: It means to control and take in.
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5. Nothing: that is, nothing disturbing.
6. Something’s wrong: The cumbersome and harsh government measures are disturbing people’s livelihood.
Introduction to the author
Laozi
Laozi, also known as Lao Dan and Li Er, is a great philosopher and thinker in ancient my country and the founder of the Taoist school. He was named Taishang Laojun by Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty, a world cultural celebrity, and one of the world's 100 historical celebrities. The Tao Te Ching (also known as "Laozi") exists in the world. The essence of his works is the simple dialectics and advocates inaction. And Zhi, his theory has a profound influence on the development of Chinese philosophy. In Taoism, Laozi is revered as the ancestor of Taoism.
Lao Dan (dān) (about 571 BC to 471 BC), named Boyang, posthumous name Dan. Also known as Li Er (in ancient times "Lao" and "Li" had the same pronunciation; "Dan" and "Er" had the same meaning). He was born in Qurenli, Li Township, Ku County, Chu State (this place was originally a feudal state of Chen in the Western Zhou Dynasty, now Luyi, Henan, and there is dispute in Woyang, Anhui). One of my country's greatest philosophers and thinkers, he is respected as the ancestor of Taoism and a world cultural celebrity.