Isn't the law of nature like shooting an arrow with a bow?

If it is high, it will be low; If it is low, raise it;

Reduce surplus and fill vacancy.

So the law of nature is to reduce profits and make up losses.

The laws of the world are different,

Often, deprivation is not enough and worship is excessive.

Who can provide surplus for the shortage of the world?

Only those who get the news.

Therefore, the sage (enlightened) does something without relying on achievement.

Success without taking credit,

He doesn't want to be praised.

Heaven is still the same as before:

Heaven or bow? The highest person suppresses it, and the lower person lifts it; Surplus is loss, and deficiency is supplement. Heaven, the damage is more than enough. People's way is not so, and the damage is not enough to convince the rest. It is a saint who does not rely on it, does not live there, and does not want to be a saint.

From: Laozi's Tao Te Ching in the Spring and Autumn Period? Volume 77

Comment on words and phrases:

[1] inhibition: inhibition.

[2] The way of man: the law of nature.

3] Don't rely on: Don't rely on yourself for success.

[4] See the sage: praised.

The high person suppresses it, and the low person lifts it: the high person suppresses it, and the low person lifts it. Hold it, hold it, hold it. Pronouns refer to "higher" and "lower" respectively Get down! Get down! Lift up, lift up, lift up.

Those who are in excess will lose it, and those who are in short supply it: those who are in excess will cut it and those who are in short supply it. Surplus, redundant, redundant, refers to exceeding the moderate standard. Loss, reduction. Refers to "surplus" and "shortage" respectively. Insufficient, insufficient, insufficient, refers to not reaching the medium standard. Make up, supplement.

Heaven, the loss is more than enough to make up for it: heaven is to reduce the profit and make up for it. This sentence is a decisive sentence. However, conjunctions are equivalent to "coming".

Appreciate:

In this chapter, Laozi compared Heaven with Humanism, highlighting the greatness of Heaven and the smallness of Humanism, and then advocated that Humanism should follow the example of Heaven. The characteristic of "Heaven" is that "the upper person suppresses it, the lower person raises it, the rest damages it, and the insufficient person makes up for it." When I talked about "Heaven", I used metaphors. Laozi compared "Heaven" to an open bow and arrow. Bow and arrow are aimed at shooting prey, which will change with the movement of prey. If it is high, it will drop, and if it is low, it will rise. Reduce surplus and fill vacancy.

Therefore, "heaven" is to reduce surplus and make up deficiency. After talking about "Heaven", Laozi did not come to an abrupt end, but naturally led to "humanity". "Man's way" and "Heaven's way" are just the opposite. "Man's way" means "the loss is not enough to serve." Laozi opposes this kind of human law, thinking that it will only lead to inequality between the rich and the poor and inequality of rights in the world. The ancients said: if you are not poor, you will suffer from inequality, and if you are not poor, you will suffer from anxiety. Inequality is the root of all disasters, and the law of nature is the pursuit of equality, so it can last forever; The law of the world is inequality, so people will be uneasy and there will be turmoil.

Brief introduction of Tao Te Ching:

The philosophical works of Laozi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as Tao Te Ching, Laozi's Five Thousand Words and Laozi's Five Thousand Articles, were a work before the separation of the pre-Qin philosophers in ancient China, and were an important source of Taoist philosophical thoughts. Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts. The first part of the original text is the Tao Te Ching, and the second part is the Tao Te Ching, without chapters. Later, it was changed to the Tao Te Ching in the first 37 chapters, and the Tao Te Ching in the last 38 chapters, divided into 8 1 chapters.

The text of Tao Te Ching takes "morality" in the philosophical sense as the main line, and discusses the ways of self-cultivation, governing the country, using troops and keeping in good health, but most of them aim at politics. It is the so-called "inner sage and outer king" theory, which has profound meaning and wide tolerance and is known as the king of all classics.

About the author:

Laozi, surnamed Li Minger, whose name is Bo Yang, or Bo Yang, was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period. His date of birth and death is unknown, and his native place is also controversial. Historical records, Lao Tzu was born in Chu? Or Chen Guo. China was an ancient thinker, philosopher, writer, historian, founder and main representative of Taoist school, and was also called "Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi" with Zhuangzi. Later, he was revered as the ancestor by Taoism and called "the old gentleman on the throne". In the Tang Dynasty, he was regarded as the ancestor of Li. It is listed as a world cultural celebrity and one of the world's top 100 historical celebrities.

Laozi served as a Tibetan shepherd in the Zhou Dynasty and was famous for his erudition. Once, Confucius went to see Zhou and asked him for a gift. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the world was in chaos, and Lao Tzu wanted to abandon his official position and retire, so he rode a green cow westward. When I arrived at Lingbao Hangu Pass, I was invited by Yin, the Commissioner of Customs, to write Tao Te Ching.