Seek a famous saying of Laozi

"Tao can be Tao, very Tao; The name can be named, and the name is unusual "-meaning that what can be said is not the eternal truth; The name that can be called is not an eternal name. The truth of China people can only be understood but not expressed. This attitude is not conducive to the development of science.

The development of modern science and technology comes from people's insatiable exploration and creative spirit. If, like the small-scale peasant society, the enterprising spirit is gone, then the prospect of the nation will be worrying.

"Happy from now on, can't keep it; Being rich and arrogant is to blame. It is heaven to retire after success. " A good man hides in the depths of Xu Ruo, and a gentleman returns good for evil. "People rule the society, human rights and personal property rights are not protected, and disasters come unexpectedly. Therefore, the wise men advise the world to hide their talents and retire if they succeed.

On the one hand, it shows the non-competitive psychology of Chinese people, on the other hand, it also shows the cunning strategy of Chinese people not striving for small profits and big discounts.

"Mystery is both mystery and mystery, which is the gateway to all miracles"-China's knowledge is mostly metaphysics, not science.

"Know its male and keep its female; Know its white, keep its black; Know its glory and keep its shame "-this sentence means: know its man, but keep its woman; Know the bright side, but be content with the dark side; I know the glorious side, but I'd rather keep the humiliating side. China people are so resourceful.

"The gentleman is thick but not thin; Actually not in China. " -The rule of society by man is doomed to complicated interpersonal relationships and profound cultivation knowledge.

"I have three treasures, which I hold and protect. One is kindness, the other is thrift, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world. " -it is understandable that people rule the society without any guarantee. In order to protect themselves, it is not the best in the world. But in modern civilized society, China people should have the courage to be the first in the world.

"If you know who I am, then I am expensive, so the sage gives jade." I mean, there are too few people who know me, and it is even harder to meet people who can imitate me. Therefore, saints often wear coarse cloth, but beautiful jade, goods are unknown. Indeed, few people can understand Lao Tzu's thought of governing by doing nothing, especially the thought of governing by doing nothing close to liberalism and market economy, which is only the basis of the policy of sharing interest with the people after the ruler's tyranny.

"Defeat its sharpness, resolve its disputes, share its dust with its light" ———————————————————————————— It means to strike its spirit, eliminate its disputes, embrace its brilliance and confuse its vulgarity. China society in a daze will obliterate and dispel people's vitality, personality, water chestnut and creativity.

"Governing the country with wisdom is a thief of the country; China people are a little smart, so the rulers try their best to torture the people. How can they abandon their personal wisdom and play the role of the rule of law and the market?

"If you want to go to the people, you must use words; If you want to be an ancestor, you must be a descendant "————————— It means that if you want to govern the people, you must first humble yourself to the people in words; To lead the people, we must put our own interests after those of the people. It can be seen that feudal rulers are always using the people and deceiving them.

"Where is the teacher, thorns are born; After the army, there will be a bad year. " -China is a war-torn country, with corpses everywhere and rivers of blood, which has become the necessity of every dynasty's rise and every inheritance struggle. For thousands of years, the people of China have not figured out how to make the regime transition smoothly, which is our intellectual defect.

"A soldier's ominous weapon is not a gentleman's weapon, so it is necessary to use it, and calmness is the best"-China has always been the most important military power, and "political power comes from the barrel of a gun" rather than "political power comes from the ballot box". With guns, rulers should exercise self-restraint, not kill indiscriminately and be indifferent, because there is no legal constraint.

"I am doing nothing and the people are from the top, I am quiet and the people are from the top, I am doing nothing and the people are rich, I have no desire and the people are simple." Unfortunately, few people can understand this concept similar to the market economy. Rulers of past dynasties only knew disturbing people and expanding their selfish desires. How can people be rich and simple?

The people of China have the ability to nip in the bud small things, but they don't have the wisdom to prevent political infringement and corruption and protect their human rights.

"Governing a big country, if you cook a little fresh" means that the principle of governing a big country is as quiet as frying a small fish, and you can't toss it. During the "Cultural Revolution", some people said that the world was in chaos, and the more chaotic it was, the better. It's weird.

"Misfortune comes from the mouth, and happiness comes from the mouth"-everything in a society ruled by man changes with people's joys and sorrows, unfortunately unpredictable.

"Unknown, the beginning of heaven and earth (beginning); Fame is the mother of everything. Some people say that "nameless" is the potential substance before the Big Bang, and "name" is the original substance, which formed everything after the Big Bang. China's genius revealed the theory of the origin of the universe. China's knowledge is primitive, vague and embryonic, which has not been developed for thousands of years.

"Everyone knows that beauty is beauty and evil; Everyone knows whether it's good or not, but it's not. Everyone in the world knows how to be beautiful, which is a bad thing; Everyone in the world knows how to be a good person, which is a bad thing. ) -

"It is to teach sages to do what they say" (so sages and experts should take inaction as the main point and silence as the criterion to educate the people) —————————————————————————————— It is wrong to make inaction an absolute criterion. The new law of humanity: modern society should be both inaction (market economy) and promising (rule of law).

"Born without, without, and live successfully. The husband only lives in the house, so he doesn't go "(he raises everything, but he doesn't live for himself;" I have done things, but I am not proud of my merits; You finished, but you didn't sit back and relax; Just because you don't take credit, you won't lose your credit. ) —————————————— Successful retirement is the way for China people to preserve their health. Explain how dangerous and unpredictable it is for people to rule society.

"There is no Shang Xian, which makes people indisputable; Expensive and rare goods, so that people do not steal; If you can't see what you want, the people's hearts will not be chaotic "(don't push talented people, lest the people fight; If you don't value rare goods, no one will steal them; If people can't see what can arouse their desires, their hearts will not be disturbed. Laozi's way to eliminate disputes is not to make rules and guide, but to eliminate people's desires and return to the era of ignorance.

"It is the rule of saints that makes people ignorant and have no desire, and makes their hearts empty." Therefore, to govern a country, a saint should change people's hearts, fill their stomachs, change their aspirations and bones, so that people will never have knowledge or desire. )-this kind of ignorance, Confucius, Zhuangzi, Korea.

"Nothing dies if you do nothing" (if you do things according to the principle of inaction, there will be no failure)-doing nothing without doing anything-doing nothing without doing anything without doing anything. Lao Tzu is really a clever and secretive man!

"The heavens and the earth are ruthless, and everything is a grass dog; Saints are heartless, and people are pigs "(Heaven and earth don't attach importance to benevolence and righteousness, leaving everything to fend for itself; Sages don't pay attention to benevolence and righteousness, and let the people die. In modern society, we should respect people's freedom rights, safeguard people's interests and establish a social security system, instead of letting people die.

"It's a saint's first body and his body behind him, but his body is outside. Not because of its selfless evil? Therefore, it can be private "(therefore, saints are not the best in the world, but can take the lead; Put your life aside and you can live. Isn't it because he showed selflessness? On the contrary, it can achieve its selfish desires)-No wonder people often say that China people and westerners do things one-on-one and the other is definitely not our opponent.

"Being kind, being kind, being kind, keeping your word, being good at government, being kind and being active"-China's knowledge is all about strategy.

"Five colors dazzle people, five tones deaf people, five flavors cool people, galloping crazy people, strange goods can harm people" (colorful people are dazzling; Beautiful music is addictive and confusing; Rich food makes the population anorexic; The galloping hunting is crazy; Things are rare), Lao Tzu asked to abandon civilization and return to the truth, and at the same time he was moving towards chaos and ignorance.

"If you are surprised at yourself, ... you are the world, if you can send it to the world; Love for the world, if you can believe in the world "(flattered and humiliated, … only those who value the body and despise the world can take on the heavy responsibility of governing the world;" "Only those who love themselves more than those who love the world can be entrusted to the world. )-inaction also reflects the comfort of the small-scale peasant economy in southern Chu.

"Those who are good in ancient times are subtle and unfathomable" (people with high ideological level in ancient times are subtle, profound and accessible, so deep that no one can ponder) ———————————————— unfathomable, which is a commendatory term in China, but a derogatory term in the West.

"Know Chang Yueming. I often don't know, act rashly, and be fierce. " (knowing the law is wisdom. If you don't know the law, you will be fierce if you take it lightly. The so-called "righteousness" means "Tao", that is, you have to take it first, you have to open it, and you have to achieve righteousness. I am very familiar with it.

"Too high, the bottom knows it, followed by pro-reputation, followed by fear and insult" (the highest rule, the people only know its existence; Second-class wise rule, people like and praise it; The rule is a little worse, and the people are afraid of it; The worst rule, the people curse it)-here refers to the most enlightened rule is the rule of Taoism, followed by Confucian education and etiquette, and the worst is the tyranny of Legalists. Unfortunately, the rulers of past dynasties used the most techniques of legalists, followed by Confucianism and Taoism.

"Avenue waste, righteousness; When wisdom comes out, there is a big fallacy. (If the truth in the world is abandoned, there will be benevolence, righteousness and morality; When people's wisdom is turned on, evil comes into being.) Benevolence and morality are the products of troubled times, and evil is the product of wisdom. Although this statement is reasonable, modern civilization still needs morality and wisdom, but what it needs is independent morality and human morality, which is the great wisdom of governing the country, not feudal morality and intrigue.

"Abandoning wisdom, people benefit a hundred times; Desperate, the people are filial; Never abandon profits, thieves have no income "(abandoning wisdom and wisdom is beneficial to the people and harmless; "Abandoning benevolence and morality, people's natural feelings can be returned; Only by abandoning technical institutions and material interests can thieves become extinct. ) ————————————— The people are in poverty, and the rulers know it, so China is backward.

"Be simple, be simple, be selfish" (simple expression, persistent simplicity, reduce selfishness and get rid of desire)-China people cut off "selfishness" and "desire", while westerners correctly guide "selfishness" and "desire" and establish a market economy.

"Never worry about learning" (if you don't study, you won't have trouble)–if you don't study, you won't have trouble.

"I am unique" (I am the only one who refuses to be the same as the world) ————————————— How many people in China have Lao Zi's personality!

"I didn't see myself, so I know; Self-evident, so obvious; Do not cut yourself, have merit; Not complacent, so long "(not only with your own eyes, so good at observation; Not self-righteous, so it is clear; Don't brag about yourself, so you have no advantages; Don't be conceited, so you become the leader of the people. What I'm talking about here is also a way to protect yourself. China's wisdom is the wisdom of survival. There is no western wisdom in exploring nature.

"Speak naturally" (speak less naturally) —————— Confucius also said: "What does heaven say!" "a gentleman speaks but doesn't do it." Because in China, it has been the practice since ancient times to punish whatever you say and make trouble whenever you say anything.

"People everywhere, the land is with the sky, the sky is with the Tao, and the Tao is with nature" (people everywhere are the law, the land is with the sky, the sky is with the Tao, and the Tao is with the nature) —————————————————————————————————————————————————.

"Good deeds are traceless, good words are flawless" (good at walking, leaving no trace; Good at talking, beyond reproach)-the great wisdom of China people.

"The world artifact, not for also. For those who fail, those who hold it will be lost. (The world is mysterious and cannot be done against reason. "Contrary to reason, it will inevitably confuse the world. The more persistent, the more you will lose. )-China's thought is mainly the dialectical thought of Yin and Yang.

"Help people master, rather than strengthening the world with soldiers. This is a good thing; Where the teacher is, the thorn is born; After joining the army, there must be a fierce year. (whoever helps the monarch with the right path on earth is not brave with the army on earth. Fighting will soon produce bad results; Wherever the army goes, there are thorns; There will be famine years after the war) China's war is extremely cruel, totally for the sake of political power, so it wantonly destroys the economy and the environment, and wantonly kills and plunders people's lives and property.

"Good fruit, dare not take strong. The fruit can't be proud, can't be cut, can't be arrogant, and can't be strong. Strong things make you old "(as long as you achieve your goal well, don't try to be brave with soldiers." "Don't be conceited if you achieve your goal, brag if you don't achieve your goal, be proud if you don't achieve your goal, but think that achieving your goal is a must, and don't try to be brave if you achieve your goal. When things become powerful, they will inevitably decline. ) Lao Tzu saw a truth: when things are strong, they are old, and when things are extreme, they will turn against each other. Therefore, he advocates replacing strength with fruit, but how many warlords can do it in reality?

"If it is not beautiful, beauty will kill people. If you are a murderer, you can't succeed in the world. " If you win, don't flatter yourself. I think I'm great. I enjoy killing people. People who enjoy killing can't succeed in the world. The real problem in China is that people who like to kill people, such as Zhu Yuanzhang, can succeed in the world.

"Knowing people is wise, knowing oneself is clear; The winner is strong, and the loser is strong "(those who know people are wise, and those who know them are knowledgeable; "People who conquer others have power, and those who conquer themselves are powerful. ) There are too few rulers with self-knowledge, so Qin Shihuang, Yang Di, Wu Zetian and Zhu Yuanzhang are all trying to rule the world, and the defeat is set.

"If you want to (close) it, you must repair it; If you want to be weak, you must be strong; If it is to be abolished, it must be consolidated; If you want to take it away, you must fix it. (If you want to put it away, you must open it temporarily; If it is to be weakened, it must be temporarily strengthened; Will be abandoned and must be raised temporarily; Give it temporarily if you want to deprive it)-carrot and stick, trying to get something back, this is typical wisdom of China. On the one hand, this shows our cleverness, on the other hand, it also shows the cunning of the people.

"Weak is better than strong" (weak is better than strong) Jiu Jitsu and Judo spread in Japan, but they are rooted in China. China people have the wisdom of combining rigidity with softness.

"A country's sharp weapon should not be shown to others" (a country's weapons and sacrificial vessels should not be shown to others casually)-modern management should also have a sense of confidentiality. Therefore, sharp tools should not be just ancient sacrificial vessels.

"Tao always does nothing but does nothing" (the truth in the world is: nothing can be done) —————————————— The monarch is mysterious and seemingly inaction, but in fact he secretly manipulates and creates everything.

"Effectiveness is based on meanness, and the above is based on meanness" (only humble can be noble, and only by going deep into the lower level can we be above the lower level) ————————————————————— Zhu Yuanzhang and others know best how to use people and go deep into the lower level.

"the movement against the Tao is used by the weak" (the change in the opposite direction is the movement of the Tao. The weakness of things is where Tao comes into play. This is the most fundamental law of the universe summarized by Laozi. China's wisdom is the wisdom of the rebels and the weak.

"Generosity has no horns, a late bloomer, and an elephant is invisible" (the most square thing has no edges and corners; The most valuable things are always put last; The loudest sound is precisely that there is no sound; The biggest image seems to be invisible) Lao Tzu knows how to look at things dialectically, and elephants are invisible, which makes China's thoughts sometimes fall into mysticism.

"The Tao gives birth to one, two, three and everything" (the original chaotic matter of the Tao gives birth to the universe, which splits into two opposite aspects of Yin and Yang, and the opposite aspects of Yin and Yang give birth to a new third party, and the new third party gives birth to different things)-Einstein said that China people did not follow logical reasoning and experimental methods, but they did everything. Indeed, China people "guessed" many things, but lacked further exploration and demonstration.

"Love will pay a lot, and if you hide too much, you will die thick. Too much treasure will lead to greater harm, and more wealth will lead to great losses. "The contented are not humiliated, and Zhi Zhi is not in danger. )-China people have been content to avoid misfortune in Zhi Zhi, but they don't know how to protect their lives and property by the rule of law.

"If Dacheng is lacking, its use will not harm; If you have a big profit, you can use it endlessly. If you are straightforward, if you are clumsy, if you are stupid, if you are stupid "(the most satisfying thing seems to have shortcomings, but its function will not be corrupt; The most substantial thing is emptiness, but its uses will not be exhausted. The most upright seems a little crooked, the most dexterous seems a little clumsy, and the most eloquent seems to be inarticulate.

"There is a saying in the world, but it's just shit; There is no way in the world, and the army horse was born in the suburbs. (When the world is clear, war horses are used for fertilization and farming; If the world is in chaos, it will be bloody. ) China is in a cycle of chaotic control, and no one thought of the problem of "there is a road in the world".

"Stay at home and know the world; If you don't peek, you will see the light of day "(you can know the world's major events without leaving the portal; You can know human nature without looking out of the window. "It's because saints can't do it, but they don't know it and don't do it." Therefore, a saint doesn't have to experience it personally to know the whole story, to understand what happened with his own eyes and to succeed without doing it himself. )-Scholars are always mysterious. In fact, Lao Tzu understood the world and saw heaven through extensive exposition, receiving and analyzing a large amount of information.

"Learning for the Tao is getting worse and worse, and the damage is also damaged, so that nothing is done." (In learning, increase your knowledge every day; Committed to improving the realm, knowledge should be reduced every day. Reduce and then reduce, and finally achieve inaction. Although doing nothing, everything naturally succeeds. Westerners learn and explore nature, so their knowledge is increasing day by day; China people improve their "realm" and "cultivation" for the sake of Tao, so their knowledge is getting less and less every day. There is little (loss and loss), so it falls behind.

"Saint impermanence heart, with people's heart as the heart. I am good at doing good things, and I am also good at doing bad things. A saint doesn't have his stubborn ideas, but takes the ideas of the people as his own. The people's ideas are good, and I think this is good; If people's ideas are bad, I also think they are good. Laozi advocates listening to people's words, letting go of bad customs, confusing good and evil, and striving for peace with the world. This is politically desirable, but it is not beneficial to the development of civilization and social progress.

"Sages are in the world, and saints are all sons." Sages on earth confuse people, and saints make people like ignorant babies. Modern civilization is to make people smart, to make people know how to exercise and safeguard their rights, to understand and abide by civilized norms, and to restrain rulers. Chinese civilization is just the opposite.

"Shut the door, never be diligent" (block the nest of knowledge, close the door of knowledge, never get sick) Ignorance is the basis of authoritarian rule.

"The knower doesn't talk, the speaker doesn't know" (those who really understand don't talk nonsense, and those who talk nonsense don't really understand)-China people always talk about knowledge in a mysterious way. In fact, knowledge is human reason and life.

"Governing the country with sincerity, seeking strange ideas and taking the world with inaction" (governing the country with correct inaction, raiders and taking the world with inaction)-(old) China's politics was to bully the world with inaction and then rule the country with violence.

"There are many taboos in the world and the people are poor; The people have many sharp weapons, and the country is unconscious; Many people are clever, and strange things are born; Law and discipline flourish, and thieves abound "(The more bans there are in the world, the poorer the people are; The more civilian weapons there are, the more chaotic the country will be; The more skilled people are, the more wonderful they are; The clearer the laws and regulations, the more robbers there are. Chinese civilization is an anti-technology and anti-rule civilization.

I am good at seeing things dialectically. He thinks that good may become evil, and good may become evil, so there is no need to stick to right and wrong, good and evil.

"Straight but not arrogant, bright but not dazzled" (straight but not impetuous, gorgeous but not dazzled, stabbing but not stung) ————————————————————————————————— On the one hand, Lao Tzu advocates keeping a low profile, on the other hand, he puts forward that he still has a "shining" heart and a secular desire.

"There is nothing better than being stingy about other people's affairs." "Doing nothing, doing nothing, being tasteless" —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Being stingy, frugal, relaxed, doing less, being indifferent and having nothing is also a manifestation of peasant society.

"If the world is difficult, it will be easy; Great things in the world must be done in detail "(if things are difficult in the world, they must start with easy things; The world's major events must start with small things. Starting from easy places and details, step by step, this is not only a down-to-earth way of doing things, but also a reflection of agricultural civilization's lack of imagination, adventurous spirit and rigid work.

"Be careful in the end, there is nothing to lose. It is a rare and cheap product that saints want; If you don't learn, repeat what everyone has done. Be as careful at the end as you were at the beginning, so as not to make things worse. Therefore, the saint's desire is to have nothing to desire and not to value valuables; The sage's learning is not to learn to remedy everyone's faults)-"Don't want to learn" and "Don't learn" run counter to modern civilization and market economy.

"If you don't go as a wise man, you will be a fool. People are difficult to treat, but wisdom is also "(not to make people understand, but to make people ignorant." "People are difficult to treat because there is too much wisdom." All autocratic rulers are afraid that people have knowledge and wisdom, so there are so many things that burn books and bury Confucianism and criticize intellectuals.

"If you want to go to the people, you must use words; If you want to be an ancestor, you must be behind you. It is based on the position of saints and the fact that the people are not heavy and the people are not harmed by the former. To rule the people, we must first express humility to the people in words; To lead the people, we must put our own interests after those of the people. Therefore, the saints rule the people all over the world, and the people do not feel pressured; This ruling strategy is based on the inequality of "serving the people" and "walking ahead". Everything is a scam.

"Those who are good at being warriors don't use force, those who are good at fighting don't get angry, those who are good at fighting don't cooperate, and those who make good use of people are the world." A good soldier is not just bluffing, but a good fighter does not show his anger. He who makes good use of people does not fight against the enemy. This is called the virtue of not competing with others, and this is called using the power of others. )

"Don't dare to be the host and the guest, don't dare to give in an inch" (I don't want to take the offensive but prefer to be on the defensive, and I don't want to advance an inch but prefer to retreat a foot) —————————————————— China's strategy is to attack the enemy's rear first, which is more severe than the western preemptive strike before the invention of the atomic bomb.

"Combining resistance with soldiers, those who are sad win" (two armies confront each other, and those who are sad win)-two armies confront each other, and those who are sad win.

"My husband is ignorant, so I don't know. People who know me hope that we will be expensive. So, the sage got a brown jade "(because of the ignorance of the world, they don't know me." "There are too few people who know me, and it is even harder to meet people who can imitate me. Therefore, saints often dress crudely, but have beautiful jade. The saints in China are mysterious and poor.

"People's hunger, with its food tax, is hunger; People are hard to treat, and it's hard to treat with what they do. People are starving because there are too many people paying taxes on clothing, rent and food, so they are starving; The reason why the people are difficult to govern is that the rulers are smart and take strong actions, so it is difficult to govern. Laozi strongly opposes exploitation and oppression and yearns for a fair and peaceful world, but he can't come up with specific measures, only equalitarianism and obscurantism. This romantic tradition has lasted for thousands of years.

"If the army is strong, it will be destroyed, and if the wood is strong, it will be folded" (if the army is brave, it will be destroyed; I deeply understand the dialectics of strength and weakness. Unfortunately, the ruler won't listen to him. (Old) China's army and government always try to be brave and bully the people, but the people are weak if they don't try to be brave, which shows their kindness, simplicity and cowardice.

"A small country with few people makes it possible for people to die without using what they have, and makes people move to distant places" (even if there are various instruments, they don't need them; In this way, people will not take risks easily and will not go far away. ) "Neighboring countries look at each other, and the voices of chickens and dogs are heard. People will die of old age and will not communicate with each other." A small country can stand on tiptoe, and the voices of chickens and dogs hear each other, and people will not communicate until they die. The small-scale peasant economy will be self-enclosed and self-sufficient, keep its own land, relocate, and there will be no commodity exchange. This is a portrayal of China's 5,000-year society.