"Even the wisest man is foolish, but the cleverest man is clumsy" means that the truly clever man looks stupid, while the truly clever man looks clumsy, which comes from Laozi and is a Taoist thought.

Expanding knowledge

The Classic of Tao Te Ching, also known as the True Classic of Morality, Laozi, Five Thousand Words and Laozi's Five Thousand Articles, was a work before the separation of the pre-Qin philosophers in ancient China, which was admired by the philosophers at that time. The legend was written by Laozi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period and was an important source of Taoist philosophy.

The Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts. The first part of the original is the Tao Te Ching, and the second part is the Tao Te Ching, which is divided into 81 chapters. The text takes the "morality" in the philosophical sense as the key link, and discusses the ways of self-cultivation, governing the country, using troops and keeping in good health, but mostly focuses on politics. It is the so-called "sage inside and king outside" study with profound meaning and extensive inclusion.

The total number of words in Tao Te Ching varies with different editions: Mawangdui silk book, with 5344 words in the first edition and 5342 words in the second edition (with 124 words in the emphasis); In this edition, the chapters and sentences of Daodejing written by Heshanggong are 521 words (94 words with emphasis), Wang Bi's Notes on Laozi's Daodejing are 5162 words (16 words with emphasis), and Fu Yi's Ancient Edition of Daodejing is 545 words (16 words with emphasis).

Value influence

The Classic of Tao Te Ching covers many disciplines, such as philosophy, ethics, political science, military science, etc. It is revered by later generations as a treasure trove of governing the country, keeping the family in order, cultivating oneself and learning. It had a far-reaching influence on China's philosophy, science, politics and religion, and embodied a world outlook and outlook on life of ancient China people. The cultural thoughts of pre-Qin philosophers and China people were all influenced by Laozi, and were praised as the king of all classics by Chinese ancestors.

The influence of Tao Te Ching is also various, including politics, culture, science, religion and so on. According to the incomplete statistics in the Yuan Dynasty, since the pre-Qin period, there were more than 3, kinds of works researching and annotating the old to the Yuan Dynasty, with no less than 1, representative works, which illustrated the great influence of the Tao Te Ching.