Laozi and the Philosophy of Tao Te Ching

I tried to express my opinion. After all, it can only be speculated. None of us know what Mr. Li Yong really thinks:

1, "Tao" is one of the questions about "there are four big domains": I think this is logical. "The Tao is big, the Tao is huge, the Tao is huge, and the Tao is numerous", that is to say, it is the most respectable in the whole universe.

There are four major events. They are Tao (the source of all things), heaven (which can be understood as providence), earth (natural environment) and man (the spirit of all things). The meaning here is not to say that the concept of the universe is more primitive than Tao, but to emphasize the importance of Tao to the universe.

As for "Taoism is natural", in fact, the interpretation of Tao Te Ching has always been ambiguous, so many of Mr. Chen Guying's sentences will not be explained accurately, because the more accurate you are, the more likely you are to deviate from the original intention. So here, I think it depends on how you explain the "law" of "Tao is natural": whether you take the initiative to imitate it or make an analogy. For example, understanding that the operation of Tao is based on nature, imitating nature, may be as ambiguous as you; But as a metaphor, it means that the operation is similar to nature (note that nature here is not a natural environment, but a natural attitude. ) There is no doubt about you.

2. Regarding "Tao can be Tao, transcendent Tao, famous and nameless", I think it is also the first understanding of its meaning: I personally understand it as "Tao can be said, but this Tao is not what we usually understand; Tao can also be named, but it is not the name we usually understand. " In this way, there will be no meaning of "Tao, no words". Moreover, it is logical. Laozi's Tao Te Ching is about this "extraordinary" Tao.

I think you are a little picky about the sage's practice of "teaching without words", hehe. Just like "to others, immortals are useless, and saints are nameless", who are not famous as Confucius and Duke Zhou? Who hasn't been credited by later generations? Even the Buddha sees through the world of mortals, and he has to go to the world of mortals to help the poor, hehe.

3, here, it depends on how you understand "inaction". Like many people, you understand that "inaction" is "inaction", but what is the fact? Laozi's "inaction" means that "people often bring some unexpected consequences when they do things, so many things should be let nature take its course" (for example, the Three Gorges Project is designed to generate electricity for the benefit of the people, but it destroys the ecological environment). Laozi's "inaction" itself is a kind of "behavior", and this kind of "behavior" itself is to be integrated with "Tao", which is "Tao"

Regarding this issue, I think it is inconclusive whether it can be done well by "thinking things are easy" or "thinking things are difficult". The former will lead to "taking it lightly" and the latter will make people "serious and cautious". Just kidding, how can we ordinary people think of the idea of a saint?