The Taoist thought of moderation and inaction in the Tao Te Ching, and the heavenly gentleman in the Book of Changes are constantly striving for self-improvement! Are these two sentences contradictory? Taoism's inaction is not inaction, but according to the way of nature, not acting rashly, and the purpose is still action, so it is called inaction. From the perspective of self-cultivation and helping the world, the idea of not competing with the world is a misunderstanding of Taoist thought, a passive retirement, and inconsistent with heaven. )

The Book of Changes says that heaven is healthy, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement. Aiming at the three talents of heaven and earth, it is a metaphor for people. We should actively cultivate ourselves and help the world.

Confucianism created the word "golden mean" to express that everything should be done according to the way and no mistakes should be made. An easy-to-understand expression is to go to the two ends and take the middle, but this explanation is not vivid and easy to be abused.

Here I want to talk about the relationship between Taoism and Confucianism. In fact, Confucian families. As far as pre-Qin thought is concerned, Taoism is a master, not only talking about joining the WTO, but also talking about being born. To put it simply, Confucianism is a branch of Taoism, which takes people in the three talents of heaven and earth as the object and actively enters the WTO as the direction of argument. Of course, later Confucianism, because of the needs of rulers, was castrated in terms of ideological independence and freedom, and the disadvantages of its replacement were superiority, servility and acerbity given by suzerainty.