Laozi’s personal information:

Laozi, whose surname is Li and Ming’er, whose given name is Dan, may also be called Boyang. The Huaxia ethnic group was a native of Qurenli, Li Township, Ku County, Chu State. They lived between 571 and 471 BC. He was a great philosopher and thinker in ancient my country and the founder of the Taoist school. He was regarded as the ancestor of the surname Li by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Laozi is a world cultural celebrity and one of the 100 historical celebrities in the world. The Tao Te Ching (also known as "Laozi") exists in the world. The essence of his works is simple dialectics and advocates doing nothing. His teachings have profound influence on the development of Chinese philosophy. Influence. In Taoism, Lao Tzu is revered as the founder of Taoism. Laozi and later Zhuangzi were both called Laozi and Zhuangzi.

A collection of Lao Tzu’s famous aphorisms:

1. “See simplicity and embrace simplicity, be less selfish and have fewer desires” (show simplicity, persist in simplicity, reduce selfishness, and eliminate desires) –– ––––Chinese people have eradicated “selfishness” and “desire”, while Westerners have correctly guided “selfishness” and “desire” and established a market economy.

2. "The Tao can be said, but it is not Tao; the name can be named, but it is not named" - means that the truth that can be said is not the eternal truth; the name that can be called, Not an eternal name. The Chinese people's truth can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words. This attitude is detrimental to the development of science.

3. “Consatisfaction will never disgrace, knowledge will never end”, “No disaster is greater than dissatisfaction, and no fault is greater than desire.” ––––––––The development of modern science and technology comes from human beings The insatiable spirit of exploration and creation is like a small-scale peasant society where "a small amount of wealth means peace" and is satisfied with "three-thirds of land, a cow, a wife and children on the bed", and the enterprising spirit is gone, then the prospects of the nation will be worrying.

4. "A house full of gold and jade cannot be guarded; if you are rich and arrogant, you will bear the blame. Retiring after success is the way of heaven." ”–––––––––In a society governed by man, human rights and personal property rights are not protected, and disasters come unexpectedly. Therefore, wise men advise the world to keep a low profile and retire after success.

5. "A husband does not fight, so no one in the world can fight with him." On the one hand, it shows the non-competition mentality of the Chinese people. On the other hand, he does not fight for small profits but gets big advantages. The cunning strategy of the Chinese people.

6. “Mystery is mysterious, the door to all wonders” – Chinese knowledge is mostly “metaphysics”, not science.

7. "Unnamed, the beginning (beginning) of heaven and earth; named, the mother (fundamental) of all things" - Some people say that "unnamed" is the potential matter before the big bang of the universe, " "Named" is the original matter that formed all things after the Big Bang. The Chinese genius revealed the theory of cosmogenesis. However, Chinese knowledge is primitive, vague, and embryonic, and has not developed for thousands of years.

8. "Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beautiful, and this is evil; everyone knows that good is good, and this is not good." (Everyone in the world knows what is beautiful, and this is bad; everyone in the world knows What is good, this is evil) –––––––I long for a chaotic world where people do not differentiate between beauty and ugliness, good and evil. This is a retrograde thought.

9. "It is the sage who does nothing and teaches without saying anything" (so it is said that sages and masters should use inaction as the key to doing things, and educate the people by not speaking as the criterion) ––– –––––It would be wrong for inaction to become the absolute rule. New laws of the humanities: Modern society requires both inaction (market economy) and action (implementation of the rule of law).

10. "Be born without having anything, do things without relying on them, and you can't live in them when you are successful. I can't live in them, so I won't go away." Do things, but don’t be arrogant about your achievements; be successful, but don’t rest on your laurels; just because you don’t take the credit, your achievements will not be lost) – Retiring after one’s achievements is the way for the Chinese to protect themselves. It shows how dangerous and unpredictable society is when people rule it.

11. "If you don't respect the talented, you will prevent the people from fighting; if you don't value the hard-to-find goods, the people will not steal; if you don't see the desirable, the people will not be confused." (Do not respect talented people, so that the people will not be confused. Competition; if you don’t value rare goods, no one will steal them; if you don’t let people see things that can arouse desire, people’s hearts will not be disturbed) ––––––––The way I eliminate disputes is not to formulate rules and guide them , but to eliminate people's desires and return to the age of ignorance.

12. "The rule of the sage is to make his heart empty, to strengthen his mind, to weaken his will, and to strengthen his bones, so that the people are ignorant and have no desires." (Therefore, when a sage governs a country, he must simplify the people's minds. , fill the people's stomachs, weaken the people's ambitions, strengthen the people's bones, and always make the people have no knowledge and no desires) - this theory of stupid people can be seen in Confucius, Zhuangzi, Han Feizi, and Sun Tzu .

13. "If you do nothing, everything will be cured." (If you do things according to the principle of inaction, there will be no failure) - The king will do nothing, but the subjects will do something, so "everything will be cured." I am really a wise and mysterious person!

14. "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and treat all things as stupid dogs; sages are not benevolent, and regard the people as stupid dogs." Not paying attention to benevolence and righteousness, leaving the people to fend for themselves) – In modern society, we must not only respect the people’s freedom and rights, but also safeguard the people’s interests and establish a social security system, rather than leaving the people to fend for themselves.

15. "The sage follows his own body and comes first, and his body exists outside his own body. Isn't it because he is selfless? So he can achieve his selfishness." (So it is said that the sage is not the first in the world, but can be the first in the world.) Taking precedence; putting his life aside, but he can survive. Isn't it because he shows selflessness? In fact, he can achieve his selfish desires) - Putting the future first, pretending to be selfless, Laozi's great wisdom reflects the Chinese people's wisdom. cunning. No wonder people often say that when Chinese people deal with Westerners one-on-one, the other party is definitely no match for us.

16. "Living in a good place, having a good heart, being kind and benevolent, speaking good faith, governing well, doing good things, and doing good things at the right time." Show kindness, words must be convincing, governance must be done by doing nothing, methods must be followed, and actions must be prepared for action)--------Chinese knowledge is all about strategy.

17. “The five colors make one blind, the five tones deafen, the five tastes make one’s mouth refreshed, the hunting makes one’s heart go crazy, and the rare goods make one’s movement difficult.” (Colorful colors dazzle; beautiful sounds Music makes people addicted and confused; rich food makes people feel hungry and anorexic; hunting and galloping makes people crazy; scarce goods make people behave badly) ––––––––Lao Tzu demands to abandon civilization and return to nature, which is also the direction. Chaos and ignorance.

18. "If you are flattered or humiliated, you will... If you love your body, you can send it to the world; if you love your body, if you can trust it to the world" Only those who value themselves more than the world can take on the important task of governing the world; only those who love themselves more than the world can entrust the world to them) - Cherish yourself, do not worry about toil, and govern by doing nothing , can you trust the world. Inaction also reflects the ease and ease of the small-scale peasant economy in Chu State in the south.

19. “The ancient people who were good scholars were subtle and profound, but could not understand it.” ––––Inscrutable is a complimentary term in China, but a derogatory term in the West.

　20. "Knowing the usual is called Ming. Not knowing the usual and acting rashly will be disastrous" (Knowing the rules is called wisdom. If you don't know the rules, taking rash actions will lead to disaster) –––––––– The so-called "constant" is the "Tao", which means to take before giving, to expand and hold back, to achieve the right strategy. Laozi is very familiar with it.

21. “Know the male and guard the female; know the white and guard the black; know the glory and guard the disgrace” – This sentence means: know the majestic side, but He keeps his feminine side; he knows the glorious side, but he is content with the dark side; he knows the glorious side, but he prefers to stick to the humiliating side. The Chinese use softness to overcome strength and are very resourceful.

22. "A man should be rich in virtues and not in inferiors; he should be honest in truth and not in luxury." Man-governed society is doomed to have complicated interpersonal relationships and profound knowledge in cultivating one's life.

23. "I have three treasures, which I must hold on to and protect. The first is kindness, the second is frugality, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world." - There is no guarantee for people to govern society. In order to protect themselves , it is understandable not to be the first for the world; but in a modern civilized society, Chinese people should have the courage to be the first for the world.

24. "Those who know me are rare, and I am noble. This is why the saints are cherished by others." What I mean by this is that there are too few people who know me. People who can imitate me are even harder to find. Therefore, saints often wear coarse clothes, but they carry beautiful jade in their hearts, and their possessions cannot be recognized by others. Indeed, Lao Tzu proposed using softness to overcome hardness and governing by doing nothing, but few people can understand it, especially the idea of ??governing by doing nothing, which is close to liberalism and market economy, is only the basis for the ruler's policy of resting with the people after the tyranny.