Tao Te Ching is a philosophical work, which was written before the separation of pre-Qin philosophers in ancient China and an important source of Taoist philosophy. Tao Te Ching is one of the greatest works in the history of China, which has a profound influence on traditional philosophy, science, politics and religion.
"If you are careful to the end, you won't fail." Out of the "Tao Te Ching" chapter sixty-four. It means: if you are as cautious at the end as you were at the beginning, there will be no failure. You should warn people to be cautious and consistent so as not to fail.
original text
Its security is easy to keep, but not easy to seek. Crispy and easy to spread, but slightly easy to disperse. Do it for nothing, treat it in disorder. Broken wood is born in the end; Nine-story platform, starting with tired soil; A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Those who do lose, and those who do lose. Therefore, saints do nothing and do everything, stick to it and have nothing to lose.
People's sense of participation is often defeated by several achievements. Inadvertently. If you are careful to the end, you will never fail. It is a rare and cheap product that saints want; Learning or not is to repeat what everyone has done. To help the nature of all things and dare not do it.
translate
It is easy to maintain and maintain when the situation is stable, and it is easy to plot when there is no sign of the incident; Things are easy to dissolve when they are fragile; Things are easily lost in subtleties; Do things well, nip in the bud; To govern the country, we should be prepared before the disaster happens.
A hugging tree with tiny buds; Nine-story platform, built on each pile of soil; The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. People who do one thing will fail, and those who persist will suffer.
Therefore, saints do nothing, so they will not lead to failure, nor will they be hurt by persistence. People will always fail when they are about to succeed, so when things are about to be completed, they should be as cautious as they were at the beginning. Nothing is impossible.
Therefore, the wise pursue goods that people don't pursue, don't get hard, learn from what others don't learn, and remedy the mistakes that people often make. This follows the natural nature of all things, without arbitrary intervention.