1. Famous aphorisms and ancient poems about using softness to overcome strength.

What does it mean to refine strength and turn it into softness around the fingers?

Lao Tzu said: "To be soft is to be strong." This is another way to success revealed by Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu said, people, people, if you keep that softness, you will become strong, strong, and powerful! Lao Tzu also said: "The weak overcomes the strong." "Weak people are born." "Weakness is the best." In weakness, I saw the lasting strength and the power of success.

Laozi Guirou elaborated on this idea many times in the book "Laozi". If we want to succeed, we must have the ability to achieve success through weakness. Don't be afraid of being weak, just be afraid that you won't be able to maintain your weakness. To soften hardness, you can win and be successful, always full of vitality. People always hope to grow up and become strong, which is from being weak to being strong; but if strength turns into stubbornness, or becomes aggressive, then the root of the disaster has been laid, and it is not far away from being a "disciple of death". If we dialectically understand and apply the concept of "guirou", it will also be of great value to modern people.

Observing all things from a philosophical perspective, Laozi discovered that when all things are alive, their shape is soft due to the nourishment of "life". However, once they "die", their shape becomes hard. , become withered. From these appearances to the deeper levels, Laozi believes: The strong are the disciples of death, the weak are the disciples of life; the strong are at the bottom, and the weak are at the top; the weakest in the world can control the hardest in the world. The book "Laozi" also said: "The soft is stronger than the strong." (Chapter 36) "The soft is stronger than the strong, and the weak is stronger than the strong." (Chapter 78) All these discussions, if you look deeper into the inside, you can see that " "Weakness" is an important category in Laozi's philosophy. It is the nature of Tao, a manifestation of the way of heaven, the truth of nature, and of course the great wisdom of life.

Why is a baby so full of life? Why is vitality so strong? Among them are the mechanisms of "softness" and "weakness". When an old person reaches the age of eighty or ninety, his bones have become stronger and his vitality has become weaker. In fact, on the surface it is "softness" and "weakness", but inside it is about the potential and potential of a life. The deep layers of "softness" and "weakness" in babies lurk a powerful life force.

Let’s observe some phenomena again. The hardest thing in the human body is the teeth, and the softest thing is the tongue. When a person grows old, all the teeth fall out, but the tongue remains intact. Big trees are harder and stronger than small grass, but when tsunamis and typhoons come, big trees can be knocked down or even uprooted, while small grass remains the same. A strong earthquake came. Some high-rise buildings collapsed, but some small bungalows were safe and sound. Water is the weakest and stone is hard, but water droplets can penetrate solid stone. The ants are so weak that they are insignificant, and the dam is so strong that it can compete with the torrential floods, but the weak ants can cause the dam to burst thousands of miles away. The air is the weakest, but it is pervasive. If the air is not flowing and the silence is extreme, it can corrode copper and iron that have lasted for thousands of years, and the beams and columns can be rotten; once the air is flowing to the extreme, it can fly sand and stones, and uproot houses and move hills.

And so on, countless common phenomena like this were captured by Laozi’s sensitive mind, although the truth behind it is very complicated, such as life cycle issues, object movement issues, and the environment. questions and so on, but he extracted and refined it into a philosophy, a kind of wisdom of life, which is very enlightening. Lao Tzu said: "Those who are strong will die", thus asking people to learn to use softness to overcome hardness, to have firmness in softness, and to be tempered into steel, and it is a kind of steel that becomes soft around the fingers. Our general concept of educating people since ancient times is: people must be strong, strong, and tenacious. This is good, but I remind people: be weak. This is a great wisdom. Of course, for this kind of great wisdom, you have to apply it vividly and treat it dialectically. If you dive into a blind alley, it is not the wisdom of Lao Tzu. For example, one of the important ones is that Lao Tzu teaches you to find the lasting driving force of life in weakness, experience it bit by bit, step by step, layer by layer, to accumulate energy, experience, and wisdom, and finally achieve success. 2. What are some famous quotes about softness overcoming strength?

Numbers rule the universe. ——Pythagoras

Mathematics, the queen of science; number theory, the queen of mathematics. ——C?F?Gauss

God created integers, and all other numbers are man-made. —— L. Kronecker

God is an arithmetician —— Jacobi

A mathematician who is not somewhat poetic can never become a complete mathematician. ——Weierstrass

The science of pure mathematics, in its modern stage of development, can be said to be the most original creation of the human spirit. ——Whitehead

Countability rules the entire world of quantity, and the four arithmetic operations can be regarded as all the equipment of a mathematician. —— Maxwell

Number theory is the oldest branch of human knowledge, yet some of its most profound secrets are closely connected with its most mundane truths. —— Smith

Infinite! No other question has touched the human heart so deeply. ——D. Hilbert

Every new group discovered is mathematical in form because we can have no other guidance.

——C.G. Darwin

The great architecture of the universe is now beginning to appear in the face of pure mathematicians. ——J. H. Kings

It is a reliable rule that when the author of a mathematical or philosophical work writes in vague and esoteric terms, he is talking nonsense. ——A.N. Whitehead

Give me five coefficients and I will draw an elephant; give me six coefficients and the elephant will wag its tail. ——A.L. Cauchy

Pure mathematics is the magician’s true magic wand. ——Novales

Anyone who does not know that the diagonals of a square and the same sides are incommensurable quantities is not worthy of the title of human being. ——Plato

The simple composition of whole numbers has been the source of new life for mathematics for centuries. ——G.D. Birkhoff

The more detached a mathematician is, the better. ——Anonymous

The incomparable permanence and omnipotence of mathematics and its independence from time and cultural background are direct consequences of its nature. ——A? Ebo 3. Well, poems about water and their origins

Nalan Zeng said, "Like a fish drinking water, it knows whether it is cold or warm." This is the origin of the name "Drinking Water". It was widely rumored at that time that "Every family is singing the drinking poem, but who knows what Nalan is thinking about." This reflects Nalan's loneliness from one aspect.

In Nalan Xingde's poems, there are many descriptions of scenery, especially water and loads. First of all, its special business is called "Lushui Pavilion". No matter what the current controversy is about the location of Lushui Pavilion, whether it is on the bank of Shichahai in the capital, at the foot of Yuquan Mountain in the western suburbs, or on the beach of the Yuhe River in Zaojiatun, its fiefdom, the word "water" cannot be left. It is a building near water or a garden with water. Nalan Xingde had a special liking for water. In traditional Chinese culture, water is regarded as a living substance and is considered virtuous. And use the virtue of water to compare with the virtue of a gentleman. It nourishes all things, overcomes hardness with softness, and flows endlessly, giving it philosophical connotation from the perspective of material nature. This point is particularly valued by the poet Nalan Xingde. 4. Use softness to overcome strength. Ancient Chinese translation

No one in the world is softer than water, and no one who attacks the strong can win, because it cannot be easily defeated. The weak conquers the strong, the soft conquers the strong, no one in the world knows it, and no one can do it. Therefore, the sage said: "To accept the filth of the country is to be the master of the country; to accept the bad luck of the country is to be the king of the world."

What this means is: There is nothing softer and weaker than water in the world. There is nothing that can overcome strength, but nothing can overcome water. Everyone in the world knows that weakness is better than strength, but no one can practice it. The monarch of a country can become the king of the world only if he takes on the disasters of the whole country. ”

[Notes]

1. Impossible to change: Yi, substitute, replace. It means that nothing can replace it.

2. Acceptance of the country Guo: dirt, humiliation.

3. Ominous to the country: ominous, disaster, disaster.

4. True words. If it is the opposite: Positive words are like irony.

[Quotation]

This chapter uses water as an example to illustrate the principle that weakness can overcome strength and softness can overcome strength. "Water is good for all things without dispute." This chapter can be read in conjunction with the content of Chapter 8. The example of water given by Laozi is common in people's daily life. Water is the weakest, but weak water can penetrate hard rocks. On the surface of water Weak and powerless, there is a power that cannot be resisted by any force. This clearly shows that the weakness and weakness that Laozi talks about do not mean weak and powerless as people usually say. Laozi also expounded the concept of humiliation, but in fact he was able to maintain his superior status and possess strong power. There is a sentence at the end of this chapter: "What is right is the opposite", which summarizes Laozi's dialectical thinking, and its meaning is very profound and rich.

[Analysis]

The content of this chapter mainly includes two points: one is the praise of water; the other is "the opposite is true" Zhang Songru said: "In the world, the weak can defeat the strong. There are many examples of softness controlling hardness. Laozi, who lived in the late Spring and Autumn Period, personally experienced many major changes in this era, and saw the evolution from prosperity to decline of the Zhou Dynasty, which was once the ruler of the world. This could not help but have a significant impact on his thinking; at the same time, in During this period, with the widespread use of iron tools, human beings' understanding of natural phenomena continued to develop in their struggle to conquer the natural world. "In more distant times, the characteristics of water were not yet understood by people. The preservation of the legend of Yu's control of floods in the Classic of Mountains and Seas is very different from the understanding of the flexibility and role of water in Laozi's books. "Lao Tzu believes that although water appears to be weak and humble on the surface, it can penetrate mountains and rocks, flood fields and destroy homes. No strong thing can stop it or defeat it; therefore, I firmly believe that weak things will be able to overcome it." Something strong. Here, what Lao Tzu means is softness with strength, weakness with strength, and incomparable toughness. Therefore, Lao Tzu's idea of ??being as weak as water should be understood in depth and not just taken literally. To put it simply, Laozi believes that a saint who understands the Tao is like water, willing to be in a humble and weak position, and implement "ruling by inaction" on the country and people.

Let’s talk about “the opposite is true”. What Laozi said, "What is right is like the opposite" is Laozi's high-level summary of those opposite and complementary remarks in the book, such as: "Great success is like a lack," "A great gain is like a rush," "A great uprightness is like a bend," "A great skill is like a clumsy." "To argue greatly is like being ignorant", "to understand the way is like being ignorant", "to advance is like retreating", "to advance the way is like retreating", "to be virtuous is like the same kind", "to be virtuous is like a valley", "to be clear is like humiliation", "to be virtuous is like being insufficient", "to build virtue is like stealing" ", "Quality is as true as Chongqing", "generous without corners", "late bloomer", "great sound and great sound" and so on. Sun Zhongyuan said: "Even the structure of the sentences here is similar. ... They are originally different, mutually exclusive, and opposed to each other, but under certain conditions and in a certain sense, they express certain specific things. The concept and its counterpart are unified. The two include each other, integrate with each other, penetrate each other, and are identical and consistent with each other. In this way, the same judgment includes the flow and transformation of opposite concepts, reflecting the flexibility of the concept. . This kind of flexibility is conditional, and the words of Laozi only make sense under certain conditions." 5. Famous Chinese sayings about water

"The best thing is water, which benefits all things without fighting." - - Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching"

Comment: A kind person is like water. Water benefits all things and nourishes all things, but does not compete with all things.

Water is a product of nature. It gives life to all things. Without water, it is difficult for life to exist.

Non-fighting is reflected in accepting things and developing harmoniously. Water can do: it can be round, square, or flat, it can freeze when it encounters ice, turn into gas when it encounters heat, fill ditches when it encounters it, circumvent mountains when it encounters it, and fall into a puddle on the ground...

< p> Water, is it weak? no! Water shows softness but not weakness. It uses softness to overcome hardness. A drop of water penetrates stone. No matter how hard the stone is, it can be washed away by rivers and lakes and become round and smooth, without edges and corners, like pebbles.

Among them: Doesn’t it contain a very profound principle of Taoism?

The road is like water, tranquil, nihilistic, quiet and inactive.

If a human being can be as strong and soft as water, and perfect according to the Dharma, how difficult would it be to achieve a perfect life?