The author of Tao Te Ching is Lao Zi, also known as Lao Dan and Li Er, Han nationality, Qu Renli, Ku County and Chu people in the Spring and Autumn Period, an ancient philosopher and thinker in China, and the founder of Taoist school. Later, he was named an old gentleman in the Tang Dynasty, a world cultural celebrity and one of the top 100 historical celebrities in the world. He has Tao Te Ching (also known as Laozi). The essence of his works is simple dialectical method, which advocates inaction. His theory has a far-reaching impact on the development of China's philosophy. In Taoism, Laozi is regarded as the ancestor of Taoism.

Laozi's Classic of Tao Te Ching contains many simple dialectical views, such as that everything has two sides, and the "movement against Tao" can be transformed from opposition to "regaining power in strangeness and being good at evil" and "relying on misfortune to be blessed, and blessing to be disastrous". He also believes that everything in the world is the unity of "being" and "nothing", and "being and nothing" are the foundation, and "everything in the world is born of something and born of nothing". "The way of heaven, the loss is more than enough, but the way of man is not, and the loss is not enough"; "People's hunger is as much as food tax"; "People die lightly, but they live on it"; "People are not afraid of death. Why are you afraid of death?" .

Laozi's theory has a far-reaching influence on the development of China's philosophy, and its content is mainly found in the book Tao Te Ching. Tao Te Ching explains the evolution of all things in the universe with Tao, and holds that "Tao gives birth to one, two, three and three things" and "Tao" is "the fate of a husband is unnatural", so "people everywhere, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows the nature". "Tao" is an objective natural law, and at the same time it has the eternal significance of "being independent and unchanging, doing without danger". Let's enjoy 50 classic quotations in Tao Te Ching.

0 1 As good as water, water is good for everything.

The kindest character is like water, which is the ultimate perfection between heaven and earth, providing nourishment for all things, and being born under it, without competing with it.

I feel that water is the source of life. Here, water is used to describe the personality of a good person. Lev tolstoy, a Russian writer, wrote in his diary: "One should be like water as Lao Tzu said. There is no obstacle, he flows forward; Stop when you meet the dam; The dam has a gap and then flows forward. If the container is square, it becomes square; The container is round, and it becomes round. So it is more important than everything, stronger than everything. "

02 don't look at yourself, so it's clear; Self-evident, so obvious; Do not cut yourself, have merit; Not proud, so long. The husband is only indisputable, so the world can't compete with it.

Interpretation: not only see yourself, but also see the world clearly; If you are not self-righteous, you can show yourself more; Without boasting, you can achieve great things; Not arrogant, so you can grow; Because it is indisputable, it is difficult for the world to compete with it.

Understanding that "no dispute" is a natural principle in Taoism, but it is actually the skill of a gentleman and a way to deal with life by arguing.

People who can live a hundred years because of eternity can live forever because they are not born by themselves.

Interpretation: the length of heaven and earth, the reason why heaven and earth can last is because they don't live for themselves, so they can last for a long time.

If you realize that heaven and earth are not born by yourself, you can live forever. Laozi shows human society by embodying the character of the Avenue of Heaven and Earth.

The wind will never stop, and neither will the rain.

The raging hurricane didn't last all morning, and it rained cats and dogs all day.

I feel that Lao Tzu advocates "wanting to talk about nature", that is, teaching nature less. Wind and rain cannot last long, so tyranny cannot last long.

Five-color blindness, five-tone deafness, five-flavor refreshing, easy to explore the wild, strange goods can live.

Colorful makes people see things in a blur, five tones (sonorous) make people insensitive to hearing, five flavors make people have a bad taste, horse racing makes people crazy, and valuables make people steal and rob.

I realize that "five colors", "five tones" and "five flavors" are components of human culture. Laozi does not advocate abstinence, but opposes indulgence.

It's better to hold it than to have it. You can't always be sure whether you are sharp or not. Happiness from now on, can't stay. Being rich and arrogant is to blame.

It is better to stop what you have than to stop what you have. A hammer cannot remain sharp for a long time. The room is full of happy ever after, but it can't be kept forever. Being rich and arrogant can only bring disaster to yourself.

Only then did I understand that Lao Tzu took fullness and sharpness as a metaphor, which showed that people who were prosperous and arrogant were prone to disaster, and advocated that "success is the way to retreat."

Music is complete, waste is straight, depression is more than enough, we are new, less is harvest, more is confusion.

Decoding a bend can be perfect, bend can be straight, low can be full, old can be new, take less can be more, greed can be confused.

I feel that the above six sentences are all ancient idioms, and I advocate dialectical thinking to understand and grasp the changes in social life.

Go to the virtual pole, keep quiet, do everything together, and I will watch.

Interpretation: Let the mind reach the virtual extreme, stick to the quiet fairyland, and you can see the existence of the avenue from the changes of everything.

Perception can only embody the Tao that dominates everything if it conforms to nature, and it can last long if it conforms to the Tao.

Simple, selfish, less desire.

Interpretation: keep the essence simple and unpretentious, and reduce selfishness and greed (you can be carefree for the Tao).

I just know that Lao Tzu put forward the idea of simplicity and no desire. Silk is not dyed, wood is not carved, simple. To see simplicity is not to be confused by foreign things and lose the truth. Laozi advocates that people can't have no desires, but they can't have greed, and they can't indulge.

10 is not credible enough, but neither is it credible enough.

Without honesty, you will lose trust.

I realized that people can't stand on their feet without faith, and people can't stand on the society without credit.

There are 50 classic quotations in Laozi's Tao Te Ching. Every sentence is classic. It is recommended to collect it and read it carefully from time to time.

1 1 Tao often does nothing but does everything.

Interpretation: Avenue always follows nature and does nothing, but it does nothing.

Understanding this point is an important proposition of Laozi's philosophical thought. Inaction is not inaction, inaction is the highest evaluation of the role of inaction.

12 if the enterprise is not established, it will not work if it is horizontal. If you don't know who you meet, you won't show yourself. If you cut yourself, you won't work, and you won't boast for long.

Interpretation: you can't stand on tiptoe for a long time, and you can't walk far if you take too big a step. On the contrary, people who think they have knowledge don't understand, self-righteous people don't distinguish right from wrong, people who show off themselves can't see the advantages, and arrogant people can't make progress.

Perception embodies Laozi's thought of governing by doing nothing. Only by not going against nature and not taking it for granted can we achieve our goal.

13 people practice the ground, practice the sky slowly, practice the Tao in the sky, and practice the Tao naturally.

Interpretation: man takes the law from the ground, the ground takes the law from the sky, and the sky takes the law from the Tao. The Tao is pure and natural.

I realized that this sentence is the program of Laozi's theory and expounded the basic relationship between Laozi's "Tao" theory and heaven, earth and man. "Tao is natural" means that both human society and nature should imitate "Tao", while "Tao" only imitates itself.

14, it is light to lose the root, and it is urgent to lose the gentleman.

-Source: Chapter 26 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: recklessness will lose its foundation, and agitation will lose its dominance.

I understand the cloud in Laozi's Collation: "It is very important to say that you have little desire and self-esteem, and it is very light to say that you are sexual and arrogant. Both are based on treating your own body. Quiet is inaction, arrogant is quick success. Both are based on governing the country. "

15 the strong are old.

-Source: Chapter 30 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: When things are prosperous, they will grow old.

I feel that the extremes of things will be reversed, and the extremes of things will be reversed.

16 If you want it, you must keep it. If you want to be weak, you must be strong. If it is to be abolished, it must be revitalized. If you want to take it away, you must fix it.

-Source: Chapter 36 of Tao Te Ching

Translation explanation: to make it shrink, it must be opened first; To weaken it, we must first strengthen it; If we want to abolish him, let him make a fortune first. If you want to take him, give it to him first.

I realized that Laozi expounded his dialectical thought through the analysis of four contradictory movements. He attributed this principle to "the weak wins the strong" and thought that fighting and governing the country could not be separated from this principle.

There are 50 classic quotations in Laozi's Tao Te Ching. Every sentence is classic. It is recommended to collect it and read it carefully from time to time.

17 He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise. The winner is strong, and the winner is strong. Those who are satisfied are rich, and those who are forced are ambitious.

-Source: Chapter 33 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: Being able to understand others is called wit, and being able to know yourself is called cleverness. Being able to defeat others only shows strength, and defeating yourself is strength. Those who know contentment (always feel) that they have money, and those who do things (only show) that they have lofty aspirations.

I feel that this is Laozi's theory of spiritual cultivation. It is the most important thing to know yourself, reflect on yourself and overcome yourself. "Know yourself and know yourself, and fight every battle" is a famous saying throughout the ages.

18 generous without horns, a late bloomer, an elephant invisible.

-Source: Chapter 41 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: the most square thing can't see its edges and corners. The more expensive the instrument, the slower it will be. The loudest sound can't be heard, and the biggest image has no trace.

Understanding this sentence is intended to explain why the existence of Tao is difficult for ordinary people to understand. Because the avenue is infinite, it is difficult for ordinary people's senses to observe, so it is "invisible, like everything."

19 is the softest and strongest in the world.

-Source: Chapter 43 of Tao Te Ching

The softest thing in the world can also pass the hardest thing in the world.

Feeling that "weakness is stronger than strength" is Lao Zi's feeling of nature, which profoundly reminds the essence of "Tao".

If you love it very much, you will pay a lot, but if you hide it too much, you will die. Content is not shameful, content is not dangerous, and it can last for a long time.

-Source: Chapter 44 of Tao Te Ching

Paying too much attention to fame will bring great harm, and too much property accumulation will bring misfortune to yourself. A contented person will not be humiliated. If he knows enough is enough, he will not bring danger to himself, and he will be safe for a long time.

I feel that ordinary people are more intellectual and arrogant, greedy for fame and fortune, and are at stake. "Contentment" and "Zhi Zhi" should be a principle that people pursue in their lives.

2 1 rule the country with righteousness, use troops with strangeness, and take the world with nothing.

-Source: Chapter 57 of Tao Te Ching

Only by ruling the country by the right way, using strange methods to fight, sharing interest with the people and stabilizing the people's hearts can we surrender to the world.

I think governing the country must be right, using troops must be strange, and conforming to nature can achieve inaction. This is Lao Tzu's basic strategy of governing the country, using troops and leveling the world.

See the big with the small, and be soft with the strong.

-Source: Chapter 52 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: Seeing a few things is called light, and staying weak is called strength.

People who feel hopeful should be good at observing autumn, but they can be weak to the outside world.

If it lacks 23%, its use is harmless. If you have a big profit, you can use it endlessly. If you are straightforward, if you are all thumbs, if you argue endlessly.

-Source: Chapter 45 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: The most perfect always makes people feel that something is missing, but its function will never fail. The most perfect is empty, and the function is endless. The most upright is like bending over, the most dexterous is like being clumsy, and the most eloquent is like being unreasonable.

I feel that Lao Tzu thinks that when things reach the highest level, their forms of expression will return to nature.

Misfortune is where happiness depends, and happiness is where misfortune lies.

-Source: Article 58 of Tao Te Ching

Unfortunately, happiness depends on it, and misfortune is also implicit in it.

This is a famous saying of Laozi's dialectical thought. We should treat wealth correctly, see advantages from disadvantages and find disadvantages from advantages. Mao Zedong quoted this sentence in On Correctly Handling Contradictions among the People, explaining that "good things can be bad and bad things can be good".

Governing a big country is like cooking small and fresh.

-Source: Chapter 60 of Tao Te Ching

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish.

I feel that this is Lao Tzu's general plan for governing the country. Mao said to him, "cooking fish is annoying, but it's broken." If you are annoyed, you will be scattered. If you know how to cook fish, you will know how to treat people. "

Figure 26 is more difficult than easy because it is thinner.

-Source: Chapter 63 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: To deal with difficult things, we should start from easy places and do great things from subtle places.

I feel that only from easy to difficult, many a mickle makes a mickle can achieve great things.

27 difficult things in the world will be easy; Great things in the world must be done in the details.

-Source: Chapter 63 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: The difficult things in the world are bound to happen easily, and the great things in the world are bound to start from the subtleties.

It is impossible to realize that there are great things in the world, and to focus on the overall situation and start from small things. People who are always promising have never achieved great things, but they have achieved great things. If you don't do small things, you can't do big things!

28 for inaction, for chaos.

-Source: Chapter 64 of Tao Te Ching

Take precautions before they happen.

I realized that Laozi put forward the viewpoint of the change and development of things. Things are in the process of quantitative change, but before qualitative change, some things are still in the bud, so we should solve them as soon as possible.

29 fold trees are born at the end of a millimeter; Nine-story platform, starting with tired soil; A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

-Source: Chapter 64 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: The hugging tree starts from germination, and the nine-story platform is piled up with baskets of soil; Wan Li Road is also coming out from the foot step by step.

Perception reveals the profound truth of quantitative change and qualitative change Proceed from reality, every little makes a mickle, and you can achieve great things.

If you are careful to the end, you won't fail.

-Source: Chapter 64 of Tao Te Ching

If you take the last job as seriously as you did at the beginning, nothing is unsuccessful.

I think persistence is the key to doing things. He laughs best who laughs last.

3 1 is not beautiful, but no one believes in good words; Good people don't argue, debaters are not good, knowledgeable people don't know, and knowledgeable people don't know.

-Source: Chapter 8/kloc-0 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: honest language is not gorgeous, gorgeous language is dishonest, kind people can't rhetoric, and rhetoric people are not kind; A man of great wisdom is not miscellaneous, and a man of miscellaneous knowledge is not wise.

I feel that Laozi put forward the theory of "truth, goodness and beauty", which is an incisive conclusion of Laozi's five thousand words.

There are 50 classic quotations in Laozi's Tao Te Ching. Every sentence is classic. It is recommended to collect it and read it carefully from time to time.

I have three treasures, which I hold and protect: one is kindness, the other is frugality, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world.

-Source: Chapter 67 of Tao Te Ching

I have three treasures that I will never give up: one is kindness, the other is frugality, and the third is not trying to be brave.

I just know that Laozi put forward "Three Treasures" as his theoretical basis. Kindness is the starting point and destination of the "three treasures"; Thrift in life and simplicity in politics are the keys to the "three treasures"; "Dare to be the first in the world" is the core of Laozi's "three treasures".

Those who are good at learning do not use force, those who are good at fighting do not get angry, those who are good at defeating the enemy do not cooperate, and those who are good at employing people do it.

-Source: Chapter 68 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: People who are good at being generals never boast of their bravery; Good soldiers are not easy to be impulsive and angry; Those who are good at defeating the enemy do not confront the enemy head-on, but are good at employing people and being humble to others.

Understanding "handling the situation" and "not arguing" is an important aspect of Laozi's thought. Combined with the use of troops and personnel, this paper expounds the "indisputable virtue" and emphasizes the military application of the idea of "weak wins over strong"

Add up the resistance, and those who mourn will win.

-Source: Chapter 69 of Tao Te Ching

The two armies were evenly matched, and the grieving side won.

I feel that the mourners will win, and the army has the strongest fighting capacity in the face of grief and oppression.

35 people are not afraid of power, but they are great.

-Source: Chapter 74 of Tao Te Ching

When people no longer fear coercion, the threat of chaos will come.

Winning people's hearts and paying attention to people's livelihood is the foundation of social stability.

A saint knows he doesn't see himself, and self-love is not expensive.

-Source: Chapter 72 of Tao Te Ching

Sages have self-knowledge without showing, and self-love without showing dignity.

Realizing self-knowledge and self-love is the embodiment of people's accomplishment reaching a high level.

People are not afraid of death, why are they afraid of death?

-Source: Chapter 74 of Tao Te Ching

When people are not afraid of death, will they still be afraid of your threat to death?

Know how to govern the country and be benevolent. Rule the people by violence, and the people will resist.

The strong die and the weak live.

-Source: Chapter 76 of Tao Te Ching

The strong belong to the category of death, and the weak belong to the category of vitality.

The perception of the weak may become stronger, while the strong will decline.

39 softness is not as good as rigidity, weakness is not as good as strength, and everyone knows it but cannot do it.

-Source: Chapter 78 of Tao Te Ching

There's nothing unknown about the weak winning over the strong, but few people can do it.

It is better to feel weak than strong. The whole world knows it, but it can't be done. What everyone can't do is often the goal pursued by noble people.

Jianghai can be the king of all the valleys, just because of his kindness.

-Source: Chapter 66 of Tao Te Ching

Jianghai is always at the lowest place (hundred rivers), which can accommodate hundreds of rivers, so it can be the king of the valley.

Mountains and seas compete for water, and water will return to the sea. Only by being good at inferiority and being kind to others can we get people's support and support.

Understanding Laozi's philosophy and the Taoist school he founded not only made important contributions to the development of ancient China's ideology and culture, but also had a far-reaching impact on the development of China's ideology and culture for more than 2,000 years.

4 1 Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beauty and beauty is evil; Everyone knows whether it's good or not, but it's not.

-Source: Chapter 2 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: As everyone knows, beauty is beautiful because of some ugliness; Everyone knows that good is good because there must be evil.

Feel that beauty and ugliness, good and evil exist in opposition.

42 knowing his male and keeping his female is the world's flow; Know its white, keep its black, for the world, know its glory, keep its shame, for Amagai.

-Source: Chapter 28 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: knowing that the nature is strong, but guarding the femininity is the gully where the world belongs. Knowing that nature is white, but maintaining chaos and darkness will become the paradigm of the world. Knowing the glory of identity, but maintaining a humble position, will become the valley of the world.

Understanding this sentence has become the appeal of many celebrities in history.

43 block the exchange, close the door, and be diligent all your life.

-Source: Chapter 52 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: block the channel of selfish desires and close the door of emotions, and you will never be embarrassed for a lifetime.

Understanding Lao Tzu's words tells the truth of leading an honest and clean life and restraining the desire for peace.

There are 50 classic quotations in Laozi's Tao Te Ching. Every sentence is classic. It is recommended to collect it and read it carefully from time to time.

A 44-day journey is beneficial and harmless. The way of a saint is indisputable.

-Source: Chapter 8/kloc-0 of Tao Te Ching

The laws of nature are beneficial and harmless to everything. The principle that saints follow is to bring benefits to the whole world, not to compete with it.

I realized that Lao Tzu had made a concluding exposition of Tao. "Heaven is beneficial and harmless" is Laozi's view of nature. "The way of a saint is to fight for it" is his political view.

Born without, do without, live with success.

-Source: Chapter 2 of Tao Te Ching

Everything is born for yourself, everything is done without relying on yourself, and success does not take credit.

The perceptron is small and easy to fill. Shallow people are proud of their achievements, and people who do great things are always modest.

46. If the husband makes a promise, he will break his promise; How easy it is, how difficult it will be.

-Source: Chapter 63 of Tao Te Ching

People who make promises easily are bound to break their promises, and people who take things easily are bound to encounter unexpected difficulties.

I feel that a promise is as good as a promise. Only when things are well thought out can we have a clear plan and achieve great things.

47 heaven and earth are ruthless, and everything is a grass dog; Saints are ruthless and treat people like pigs.

-Source: Chapter 5 of Tao Te Ching

Interpretation: heaven and earth are not biased, leaving everything to fend for itself; The saints have no preference, and let the people take care of themselves.

I feel that dogs are dogs tied with grass during ancient sacrifices. Although people decorated it beautifully, they threw it away after using it. They don't love him or hate him. People treat dogs naturally. Sages have no preference, but also return people to nature.

Everything in the world is born, and everything is born without it.

-Source: Chapter 40 of Tao Te Ching

Everything in the world is born of (visible) concrete things (existence), and concrete things (existence) are born of invisible "Tao".

I feel that this is Laozi's diagnosis of the world outlook.

49. Skynet is long, but not leaking.

-Source: Chapter 40 of Tao Te Ching

Skynet is long, sparse but not leaking. Although the net is thin, it will not leak.

I feel that this is the same as "if you want people to know, you have to do it yourself" and "if you don't reach out, you will be caught".

50 heaven has no relatives, but often with good people.

-Source: Chapter 79 of Tao Te Ching

God has no preference for people, but as a result he often helps good people.

If you gain enlightenment, you will get more help, but if you lose enlightenment, you will get less help. God does nothing, but often helps kind people.