Laozi told Confucius that people need to face reality with a soft attitude. He opened his mouth and said to his disciple: Do you see my teeth? The apprentice said: No more. I asked again: Do you see my tongue? The apprentice said: Yes.
So I looked at my apprentice with cloudy eyes and said: The hard things must fail first, and the soft things must survive for a long time.
When I read this, I somehow thought of "water dripping through a stone". No matter how tough the stone is, it cannot withstand the force of regular dripping water over many years.
The supreme good is like water. Water is good for all things without any dispute. It is disliked by everyone, so it is almost in line with the Tao. To live in a good place; to have a heart that is good; to be good and benevolent; to speak well, to have good faith; to govern well, to govern; to do things well, can be done well; to move, to be good at the right time. The husband does not fight, so he has no worries. Human beings are impermanent, and their hearts are impermanent and broad. The best is like water, which lies in the human state of mind, that is, the heart is like still water.
People who are in harmony with Taoism are like water. Water is good for all things but does not compete with them. It is happy to stay in the humble place that everyone hates, so it is closest to the "Tao".
A person is happy to get along with humble people, his mood is very calm, his friends are sincere and love each other, his words are trustworthy and reliable, he is responsible for governing the country and the people, he will be able to do his best, and his actions will be appropriate. This is because he does not fight , so there is no fault.
The kindest people are like water. Water is good at nourishing all things without competing with all things. It stays in places that no one likes, so it is closest to "Tao". The kindest person is the best at choosing a place to live, his mind is good at keeping calm and unfathomable, he is good at being sincere, friendly and selfless in dealing with others, he is good at keeping his word when speaking, he is good at streamlining the affairs of government, he is able to govern the country well, and he is good at giving full play to his abilities in dealing with things. Long-term, good at seizing the opportunity when taking action. The most kind people do what they do because of their indisputable virtues, so they are blameless and will not blame others.
My daughter mentioned to me that in class today, the teacher also mentioned the story of teeth and tongue. The teacher said that teeth are America and tongue is China. The United States is domineering and fierce, while China is civilized and peaceful.
I think there is a certain truth in what the teacher said in class. He may also hope that his students will have a gentle, polite and gentle character.
Reading "Learned Yu Qiuyu Talks to Peking University Students about the History of Chinese Culture" just satisfies my own gaps in the history of Chinese culture.
Wang Yirong was the first person to discover the oracle bone inscriptions, and Liu E continued to study the oracle bone inscriptions. Luo Zhenyu sent people to Anyang, Henan to collect oracle bones, which was also the starting point of modern Chinese archeology. It was Luo Zhenyu's contribution to determine that Anyang Yinxu was the capital city of the Shang Dynasty and to bring it to the eyes of contemporary people.
Wang Guowei is a great scholar who has made great achievements of the times in many aspects of modern Chinese literature, history, and philosophy. He is a great scholar at the peak of Oracle research.
With the unearthed oracle bones from the Yin Ruins in Anyang, Henan, we gradually learn about the Shang Dynasty, an age of bronze casting. With the emergence of oracle bone inscriptions, Chinese character culture also began to be studied.
After the cultural memory of the Shang Dynasty, there are hundreds of schools of thought. Chinese culture has evolved from powerful beauty to rich wisdom. Confucianism has influenced China's two thousand years of history. Generations of ancestors have lived under this influence.
The contention of a hundred schools of thought is an academic flourishing, with Confucius, Laozi and Mozi as the three major philosophical systems.
Laozi's "Tao Te Ching"
The Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao; the name can be named, but it is not famous. He believes that no matter it is the road of nature, the road of the universe or the road of the world, once we think we understand it clearly, the rest will deviate from it. Tao is not limited by time and space, but language is exactly a limitation.
I humbly tell everyone in the first sentence that the meaning conveyed in the following words is not the ultimate meaning in his heart. The ultimate meaning can only be understood, not expressed.
Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beauty, but this is evil. Everyone knows that what is good is good, but this is not good. The way of nature, when human beings deliberately pursue beauty and goodness, the biggest problem becomes unnatural.
After reading this, I thought of Su Shi's "I have no intention of doing good and good things". Let everything take its course without deliberately expressing it, which is the highest state.
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