Once upon a time, the sky was high and the clouds were light, the ground was flat, God got a spirit, the valley got a surplus, and everything got a life. The Marquis thought the world was right.

This passage is from chapter 39 of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching.

Second, the interpretation of meaning

original text

Sunny (1); Land is better than land; God got a soul; The valley is beneficial, and everything has spirit; Hou Wang Dey thinks the world is healthy (2)

To annotate ...

(1) tianyiqing: one is the avenue of heaven and earth, and tianyiqing has this "one". Laozi regards "Tao" as an indispensable element of heaven, earth, god, valley and everything. Everything in nature is flowing and changing. Laozi believes that the basis of these changes is unity rather than contradiction and struggle, so he says, "The sky is clear, the ground is flat, the gods are full, and everything is animistic."

(3) Wang Deyi thinks that the world is just: justice means the leader, Wang Bi wrote Zhen, and ancient books such as Zheng, Heshanggong and Jinglong are Zheng. King Hou won the "One" and became the leader of the world. When we say "the world is right", that is to say, the world is stable, we will not follow today.

translate

In ancient times, the "one" day of the Tao was clear; Get "one" and be quiet; God gets "one", which is wonderful; The valley is full of "one"; Everything grows with "one"; King Hou won the "One" and became the leader of the world.