Source: Chapter 28 of Laozi-Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period

Original: It is a world trend to know his male and keep his female. For the world stream, Changde is inseparable. Changde never leaves, and belongs to the baby. Knowing its glory and keeping its shame is Amagai. For Tiangai, Changde is enough. Changde, that's enough. Go back to the park.

Knowing its white and keeping its black is the world wind. Changde is not special to the world. Changde is not special, and it is infinite. Park scattered for the device, saints use it, is an official, so the big system is not cut.

Interpretation: I know what is powerful, but I am willing to be a stream in the world. Willing to be a stream in the world, eternal virtue will not be lost and return to the state of innocence like a baby. I know what light is, but I am content with the dark position and I am willing to be a model for the world.

I hope to be a model of the world, and the eternal virtue will remain unchanged, returning to the inexhaustible truth. Knowing what glory is, but guarding a humble position, I am willing to be the valley of the world.

May the eternal virtue be enough for the world and return to the simplicity and innocence of nature. Simple and primitive things are made into artifacts, and there are ways to use them. Simple people are the best among the hundred officials, so perfect politics is inseparable.

This sentence means to teach people the way to live. You must understand right and wrong, but pretend to be dull in appearance, neither praise nor criticize secular trends, and look at the world with a silent smile, which is the same as "being wise is foolish." This is really a way to hide in the city.

This sentence comes from the twenty-eighth chapter of Laozi: "It is the world wind to know its white and keep its black."

Tao Te Ching is a philosophical work of Laozi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as the moral truth, with five thousand words and five thousand articles by Laozi. It is a work of China before the separation of the pre-Qin philosophers in ancient times. It was highly praised by the philosophers at that time and was an important source of Taoist philosophy.

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.

Extended data

Laozi said, "It's heaven to know its white and keep its shame." This sentence is also a well-known saying. "Shame" is a foreign word, meaning black spot, or extended to obscurantism.

Knowing that it is bright, but content with obscurity, can become the rivers and valleys of the world. Passing on the past is a metaphor, which we can understand as popularity. This is to describe a state of mind. Here, it seems that we can do some play and expand several truths contained in it.

First of all, we have to admit that we understand the good side. Some people understand Laozi, and when they see that Laozi denies enrichment, they refuse to enrich it, or even turn a blind eye.

Laozi said: "It is better to persist than to have it; It is impossible to keep a keen mind, and it really advises people to "retire after work". But if you are full and turn a blind eye, obviously this person makes people feel a little "obedient". We should keep an objective and sober pragmatic attitude towards this, and only by seeking truth from facts can we solve the problem.

Secondly, "keep its shame." Knowing that it is bright, even in a dazzling state, then we need to make appropriate choices. Although I don't have to do what I said, his words are a good reminder. Third, know its transformation.

China Net-Lao Zi's Interpretation: Knowing its whiteness and keeping its shame is a heavenly cover.