Source: Chapter 9 of Laozi's Taoist Classics
It is better to persist than to have it. If you are sharp, you can't keep it for long. Happiness from now on, can't stay. Being rich and arrogant is to blame. Retire after success, heaven.
Instead of clinging to the surplus, it is better to stop at the right time; It's hard to stay sharp for a long time when you show your edge. Since then, I have been happy and can't stay in Tibet; If wealth reaches the level of arrogance, it is your own curse. If a thing is done successfully, it is necessary to exercise restraint, which is in line with the laws of nature.
Precautions:
① Holding and profit: holding, holding, holding and holding hands. This sentence means complacency and arrogance.
Not as good as before: it has stopped. Enough is enough.
3. Be sharp, be sharp: sharpen the iron. The meaning of chuai, beating one's chest.
4 Long-term warranty: it cannot be stored for a long time.
5 strange: negligence, disaster.
Retire after success: After success, you will no longer be in your position, but you should retire at an appropriate time. "Retirement" is not seclusion in the mountains, but greed without taking credit.
⑦ Heaven: refers to the laws of nature.
Tao Te Ching, an extended material, was a work of China before the separation of pre-Qin philosophers in ancient times, and was highly praised by the philosophers at that time. It was written by Lao Zi Li Er in the Spring and Autumn Period and is an important source of Taoist philosophy. The first Classic of Virtue and the second Classic of Daoism are the first complete philosophical works in the history of China.
Excerpt from the sentence:
1, everyone knows that beauty is beauty and evil. As we all know, goodness is good, but it is not good. -"Chapter II of Laozi's Taoist Classics"
Explanation: As we all know, beauty is because of ugliness. Everyone knows that good is good, because there is evil.
2, the avenue is waste and meaningful; Wisdom comes out with great fallacies; Six parents are not harmonious and have filial piety; In osawa, there are loyal ministers. -"Chapter 18 of Laozi's Taoist Classics"
Explanation: only when the avenue is abandoned can there be a need to advocate benevolence and righteousness; The phenomenon of cleverness appeared, and fraud prevailed for some time; Filial piety and kindness can only be shown when there is a family dispute; Only when the country is in chaos can you see loyal ministers.
3, I can't see myself, so I am very clear; Self-evident, so obvious; Do not cut yourself, have merit; Not proud, so long. -"Lao Zi Tao Jing" Chapter 22
Explanation: you can show it without praising yourself; If you are not self-righteous, you can distinguish right from wrong; If you don't boast, you can get credit; Not self-sustaining, so it can last for a long time.
4. People follow the law, law is heaven, law is heaven, and law is nature. -Chapter 25 of Lao Tzu's Tao Jing
Explanation: man takes the method of land, land takes the method of heaven, and heaven takes the method of Tao, and Tao is pure nature.
5, teaching without words, the benefits of inaction, the world wants it. -"Lao Zi De Jing, Chapter 43"
Explanation: the teaching of "no words" and the benefit of "inaction" are rare in the world.