I lived in the late Spring and Autumn Period, when the Zhou royal family declined, rituals and music collapsed. The princes relied on the strong to bully the weak and fought endlessly. Therefore, Lao Tzu advocates tranquility and inaction, a small country with few people. Going back to the primitive society where people tied knots to record events, there were no superior carnivores, nor did they attack each other for profit. Everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment, and lived in harmony. We believe that the most ideal society is that "chickens and dogs hear each other, and people never interact with each other until they grow old and die."

More than two thousand years have passed, and the world has changed dramatically. Humanity has entered the era of information automation, with great abundance of materials and colorful life. However, all of this is based on the exploitation and destruction of nature, environmental pollution, and the emergence of various new viruses. Where will mankind go tomorrow? Maybe it’s time to listen to what I have to say. [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer] [Rose] [Rose] [Rose] [Rose] [Rose] [Rose] [Rose] [Rose] [Rose]

To abandon the holy and abandon the wise is a warning Human beings should suppress their likes and dislikes in everything, and look at things objectively in two parts.

The purpose of tying knots to record events is to warn humans to respect the development of other nations and not to artificially encourage their development, so as not to destroy the cultures of other nations.

Absolute sage and wisdom, pure and refined, not living in stories, it is a state of tranquility. Taoism has nothing to do with secularism, so don’t confuse Taoism with secularism. The layman is proud of having things, while the Taoist believe that there is no immortality. This means not living a material life, not being burdened by material things, only stealing materials for use, and not being stolen by materials. In the world of mortals, there is a way to show off, and they die exhausted in material life and are stolen by material things. They are two different mental states.

It can also be interpreted as the absolute sage is not conservative, strives for development, and solves the problems of public needs from scratch. Yi Zhi does real things, don't think about ideas and play around with the world, just do things to deceive people and create wealth.

This sentence must be understood in its original text and cannot be taken literally out of context. Going back to primitive society, is this what I mean? Moreover, the so-called "primitive society" is just a historical and linguistic term that people think is correct in their self-categorization since modern times.

Laozi advocates "following the way of heaven, being pure and doing nothing" and "doing nothing and doing nothing". It is believed that people should follow the laws of heaven and earth and all things are natural. For all things that develop by themselves according to their own laws, they should not interfere with their subjective consciousness. They believe that people are omnipotent and invincible, but should follow the premise of letting nature take its course. Take advantage of the situation.

The meaning of this sentence actually means: within a country, there should be no saints in governing the country, no worshipers and worshipers, no one needs heroes, and there is no so-called "saint". The emergence of "sage, big shot, hero, hero, outstanding person" means that social operation has reached self-consistency and harmony, and social operation and development in a truly benign sense have been achieved. What an ideal social state this is! Those who understand will understand themselves. If you don’t understand, don’t criticize! For communication and discussion only. Thank you [zuoyi][zuoyi][zuoyi]

In my time, his formulation was somewhat useful. After all, there were few educated people, and people’s scope of activities and thoughts were limited. It should be said that everything was closed. Style, if it were now, he would probably have no choice but to flee, and there would be no place for him in the country.

Can humans return to primitive society? We all know it can't. Do I know? I know better than we do! Why does Lao Tzu abandon sage and wisdom? Because the development of society does not improve the overall moral quality of mankind, the development of technological society will bring huge disasters to mankind. Now we can see some clues. The saint does not oppose the progress of society, but at the same time, the moral quality of mankind must be improved. In this way, with the coordination of virtue and talent, the progress of science and technology and the development of society can do more good than harm, and there will be no serious consequences! Therefore, when any idea or achievement appears, we must first see whether it is consistent with nature, that is, whether everyone in the world can benefit from it! If you can, do it. No, discard it. Of course it is moral.

Nowadays, many ideas and achievements are harmful to others under the guise of benefiting society. If they harm others, they will harm themselves. If they harm each other, it will eventually be a disaster. Therefore, if human beings want to live well, they must accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and achieve mutual benefit so that they can live forever!

My humble opinion:

The true nature of life is to eat, drink, poop and sleep! Other than that, it’s all to satisfy greed and vanity!

Sage, wise! Where there are virtuous people there are those who are not virtuous, and where there is wisdom there is also stupidity. This forms a binary opposition. This is also in line with the Buddhist distinction of mind.

Tao produces one, which produces two, two produces three, and three produces all things.

Human nature is greedy. As long as the greedy desire is aroused and becomes a binary opposition, it will only be a matter of time before everything is born. When the human heart is bound by countless external things, we begin to gradually lose our true nature and self until we fall into the trap of material things and are forever lost in the trap of fame and fortune!

Greed is human nature! The more we have, the better.

The more we have, the more our body and mind will be tied up, and the more trivial our body and mind will be torn apart.

Also because of greed, any abandonment is like cutting your heart into pieces, and the knife will bleed and the knife will hurt. But in the end we have to give up our lives and bodies, so the more we have, the more we have to give up at the end of life, and naturally the more pain there will be.

Therefore, no matter how much a person has, he must suffer as much as he has. It will all be in vain.

Therefore, only by seeking within oneself, rejecting the sage and abandoning wisdom, returning to the original nature and becoming one with the Tao can we live forever!

Absolute sage and wisdom, and tying knots to record events do not mean that human beings will return to primitive society. On the contrary, knowing the way is unclear, and advancing is retreating. This is the correct direction for human beings. Unfortunately, it is rejected by most people. misunderstood.

1. Absolute sage and abandon wisdom

Yin and Yang are relative, that is, everything has two sides. For example, if there is "upper", there must be "lower", and if there is "left", there must be "left". There is "right", existence and non-being come together, difficulty and ease complement each other, long and short complement each other, high and low complement each other, sounds harmonize and follow each other, yin and yang constitute a harmonious whole and cannot exist alone. When people emphasize the "sage" at the same time , there must be "ordinary people" or "little people". When emphasizing "wisdom", there must be "stupidity". In other words, while humans emphasize nobility and wisdom, the world will produce treachery and ignorance. Relativity has resulted in polarization, constant disputes, and the inability to form a harmonious whole. On the contrary, this is precisely a kind of unwisdom. It does not mean that Lao Tzu is against wisdom and benevolence. When people do not emphasize "benevolence" or "wisdom" "When the time comes, they will be integrated into one, and they will be truly wise and benevolent.

In the 16th century AD, Bruno was about to be burned to death by the Pope. His students sadly said, "A country without heroes is sad. "But Bruno replied: "No, a country that needs heroes is sad." Perhaps we can learn something from this story. In addition, "If you don't respect the virtuous, the people will not fight" is also expressing the same thing.

2. Knotting ropes to record events

People often interpret this sentence as Laozi advocating that humans return to primitive society. The reason lies in people’s understanding of "tying ropes". Literally understood, "Zhouyi. Xici": In ancient times, people tied knots to rule, and later generations of saints wrote deeds in the Book of Changes, and hundreds of officials used them to rule, and all the people used them to check." In fact, it can be seen from here that the meaning of "knotting ropes" is to write books Contract is the form of contract in human social life, so Laozi said: The sage holds the left contract without responsibilities to others. There is Desiqi, but there is no Desiche.

Because we all know that the contract is a pair. This form also includes shells and the like, and there are also symbols and information engraved on two pieces of wood. In today's terms, the creditor and the debtor each keep half. , among which, the creditor retains the left deed. In social activities, abiding by the contract is virtuous. The unethical approach is to imitate Zuo Che, who was a high-ranking minister in the Huangdi era. After the Yellow Emperor died, Zuo Che made the Huangdi tablet. , led the princes to court, started the worship of authority, and occupied it for seven years before establishing Zhuanxu as the new emperor.

The idea of ??abandoning wisdom and tying up knots to record events is just a fantasy. Lao Tzu's thoughts are mysterious and empty. One "Tao" covers everything, and he governs by doing nothing to create mystery. It is unrealistic and inconsistent with the laws of human development, but it has become a standard in the hearts of many people. If the history of human development is compared to a river, then meaningful human culture should have the function of guiding and regulating, and it is a culture suitable for the development of human civilization. Don't be overly superstitious and worship the ancients. Things from the ancients should be critically inherited and improved. Questioning is the source of science, and development is the general trend of human society. Ptolemy's geocentric theory prevailed in Europe for more than a thousand years before it was replaced by Copernicus' heliocentric theory, and Newton's laws were replaced by Einstein's theory of relativity a few hundred years later. This all shows that blind superstition and worship of the ancients are contrary to objectivity. Regular stupid behavior. Lao Tzu's thought is just a cultural phenomenon. Don't exaggerate it too much.

I think Lao Tzu’s original intention is: Human beings should not be overbearing when it comes to all things in the world! Limited and slow development in harmony with all things! That’s why we have the idea that human beings are inherently good at the beginning, which led to the later Confucianism, Lao-Zhuang Thought, and Buddhist thought, and then came the thought of the kingly paradise of the world as a common world, and established the authoritative code of the zodiac. system, implement good citizen education, etc. Our return to spiritual and material civilization today is for these reasons and leaves with the original intention! Come on, great Chinese nation! Mao Zedong Thought is our excellent traditional ideological guide and standard spiritual model today!