1. Enlightenment can have four levels. The first is hearing the Tao, the second is knowing, the next is seeing the Tao, and finally the Tao is obtained. Zhongni, a native of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, heard about it but didn't know why, so he rushed to Luoyang without any hesitation and asked the sage Lao Dan. The first sage discussed Taoism for three days, and Zhongni learned from it and realized the principles of the world, so he established Confucianism. It can be seen from this that the word "know" is very remarkable.

2. Looking at the world is like looking at this distant mountain. You cannot rely on your eyes alone, you must use your intuition and your heart. To see distant mountains, you don’t have to go up to them; to see deep valleys, you don’t have to go down into them. On the other hand, if you really go to a distant mountain, you will not be able to see the distant mountains or the deep valleys. It's like going into the forest, only to see the trees but not the forest. If you want to see Lin Mang, you can only stand at the top of this place, look down with your eyes, look down with your intuition, and then look down with your heart.

3. If you are planning national affairs, you should consider the power; if you are talking about the master, you should consider the situation, avoid shortcomings, and follow the strong points.

4. A person who is good at speaking can make people think about things they don’t want to think and do things they don’t want to do. If he doesn’t speak, his mind will be as calm as a mountain, and his power will be like guiding the arrow of a bow. People feel uneasy, as if they are falling into the clouds and mist five miles away. This is what is said without saying anything. Silence is better than sound.

5. Emotional heart and Taoist heart do not actually conflict. Tao exists in all things, and it also exists in worldly emotions. There are yin and yang in heaven and earth, male and female animals, and male and female humans. Yang and yin are in harmony, male and female are in harmony, and men and women are in harmony. This is the common principle of Tao. The emotional heart is the Tao heart, and the Tao heart is the emotional heart. Life and spirituality are not mutually exclusive. If you don't understand emotions, it's hard to understand reason. When fate comes and love comes, fate stops and love stops; when love comes to the heart, love stops and heart stops.

6. A saint always does everything and listens to everything. Success is based on things and combined with the plan, and it is the master. If you are aligned with another but separated from this, there will be disloyalty in the plan, and there will be rebellion. If you are against this, you are against that; if you are against this, you are against that. Its technique is also.

7. A villain seeks a life, a gentleman seeks a country, and a man seeks the world.

8. There are five reasons why people can achieve what they do: some are virtuous, some are treacherous, some are trustworthy, some are concealed, and some are ordinary. who.

9. Scheming is a skill. If there is no Taoist heart to control it, the higher the skill, the more biased it will be. In the end, not only will it be difficult to become a great weapon, but it will also be difficult to protect oneself. How many people in the world are addicted to this, causing harm to themselves and others.

10. The fishing language is consistent with the situation, and it can win people. He spreads the net to capture the beasts, and gathers many to capture them. When the Tao is in line with its purpose, it comes out of its own accord. This is a net for catching people.

11. If you are close but cannot see it, you will not notice its words; if you are far away and you can know it, you will go back and check it.

12. Its use may be called wealth, Qiwei, pearls, jade, or jade, and it may be used to gather colors to do things. It may be used to hook it based on the amount of energy it can establish, or it may be used to clamp it when it sees a stream. Resume?.

13. Those who were good at fishing in ancient times were like fishing in the abyss and throwing in bait, they would surely catch fish.

14. All Taoist techniques must be followed. Once you've figured it out and figured out the pros and cons, you can decide how to speak. Generally speaking, it depends on the person. Talk to the wise, rely on knowledge; talk to the knowledgeable, rely on differentiation; talk to the discerning, rely on essentials; talk to the noble, rely on power; talk to the rich, rely on high; talk to the poor, rely on profit; talk to the humble , Yi Qian; speak to the brave, Yi Dare.

15. There are two types of divisions and unions in the world. One is unity in name and substance, and the other is division in name and substance. King Wu's enfeoffment should be based on the combination of status and reality. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the general trend of the world was that the Emperor of Zhou conquered all directions. The Duke of Zhou established rituals, all princes accepted the king's orders, rituals and music were in order, and the Western Zhou Dynasty was prosperous for 100 years. However, after King Ping moved eastward, the situation changed. The Zhou Dynasty declined, the princes became more powerful, and the general trend of the world began to move towards the division of power in name only, eventually leading to today's incurable chaos.

16. In this world, the winner lives and the loser dies. In front of the victory and the negative side of worldly affairs, life and death are just inevitable cause and effect.

17. The words of hook and pliers are flying and pliers. The language of hooks and pliers is sometimes similar and sometimes different.

18. The technique of 捭昖 means opening means speaking; closing means closing means not speaking. The art of licking and closing is the art of opening and closing the mouth. It is rare to learn how to speak and know how to lick and close the mouth.

What's so difficult about it? You have to know when to open your mouth and when to close your mouth; you have to know how to open your mouth when you should open your mouth and how to close your mouth when you should close your mouth. As the saying goes, good fortune comes in from the mouth and misfortune comes from the mouth. This is what it means.

19. There are many kinds of words and ever-changing things. Therefore, the words spoken throughout the day will not lose their type, and the story will not be confused. It changes all the time without losing its master, so wisdom is valuable and not arrogant.

20. Seeing the weighing of the importance is the measure of it, and the sage is therefore concerned about it. It is not in the right balance, and the sage is concerned about himself.

21. A fool is easy to hide, an unkind person is easy to fear, and a greedy person is easy to seduce. They are judged based on the situation.

22. Examine his intention and know what he likes and dislikes, so he can tell what he likes and dislikes, use the words "flying tongs" to hook his likes, and use tongs to pursue them.

23. There is nothing more difficult than careful planning, nothing more difficult than listening carefully, and nothing difficult to accomplish.

24. The word "捭" means opening, speaking, and yang. Close means closed, silent, and yin. The harmony of yin and yang has its meaning from beginning to end.

25. The way of heaven is the way of nature, which is the principle of life, restraint and change of all things in the universe; the way of the holy is the way of the world, which is the principle of peace and stability and harmony in the world; the way of humanity is the way of life, that is The principle of living and working in peace and contentment and establishing a good life for others. These three paths complement each other, and if you lose one, you will be separated from the other. Far from the heavenly way, the holy way is difficult; far from the holy way, the human way is difficult.

26. Things are easy for the wise, but difficult for the unwise. Viewed from this perspective, death cannot be the basis for survival, and danger cannot be the basis for safety. However, wisdom is valued by doing nothing, and if you look at it with the eyes of the world, you will see everything.

27. Things always happen to others, and no one can come first. It’s the hardest thing to do first.

28. If there is nothing you can do in this world, then hide in hiding and wait for the time; if there is a time when you can do it, then plan for it.

29. The so-called integration means maintaining a balance of power. If the people of Qin are powerless, the marriage will not be successful. Only when the Qin people build up their strength and stay strong can the three Jin Dynasties feel a sense of crisis and be willing to join forces. Only when the three Jins unite, the people of Qin will be afraid and will work hard to make themselves stronger. The stronger the people of Qin are, the more the three Jins will be united; the more the three Jins are united, the stronger the people of Qin will be. Therefore, the world will maintain a balance of power and be able to check and balance.

30. The sage’s plan is based on Yin, so it is called “Shen”; it is accomplished based on Yang, so it is called “Ming”.

31. If people have good things, learn from them and obey them; if people have bad things, avoid them, so you can take advantage of them.

32. The sage guards his gate, examines his actions, measures his power and abilities, and checks his skills.

33. The way of saints in the world has been the same since ancient times. There are endless changes, and everyone has his own destination. Either yin or yang, soft or hard, open or closed, relaxed or stretched.

34. To establish a situation and control things, you must first observe the parties who are similar and different, distinguish between right and wrong, see the internal and external rhetoric, know the number of what is and what is not, decide the plan for safety and danger, and decide the matters of closeness and distance, and then It is the measure of power.

35. Those who are strong are accumulated in weakness; those who are straight are accumulated in crookedness; those who have excess are accumulated in deficiencies.

36. Removing mental obstacles lies in self-awareness. The ultimate goal of self-awareness is to be aware of others. It's not easy to be aware of yourself, and it's even harder to be aware of him. In other words, other obstacles are easy to remove, but mental obstacles are difficult to remove. If a person has no self-confidence, how can others make him confident? Those without self-confidence need to understand the Tao and cultivate their minds; those who are conceited also need to understand the Tao and cultivate their minds. The mountain is not high, it is immortal; the water is not deep, it is dragon; it is not too much reading, it is essence, it is understanding, so you can cultivate the way.

37. If a person wants to grasp his own destiny, he must "judge the time and situation". The so-called time of the world refers to the movement trend of the general trend of the world; the so-called trend of the world refers to the various forces that promote the general trend of the world. Seizing the current situation is to ride the tide. The current situation in the world is complicated and confusing, unpredictable, and ever-changing. The sage knows the time and the situation, so he governs the world; the traitor goes against the trend and creates chaos, so the world is in chaos.

38. In this world, there are only two kinds of people with no delusions of mind, one is the dead, and the other is the god. You are neither of them. If you have this delusion, why should you control it?

39. Any knowledge is divided into techniques. As far as military science is concerned, the art of using military force lies in victory, and the way of using military force lies in reconciling disputes. Therefore, those who are good at using troops are not warlike. The way to use troops is to subjugate the enemy without fighting, to turn the conflict into jade and silk, and to use four ounces to move the enemy.

40. To be afraid of something by rubbing it, to move it when it is high, to prove it when it is small, to respond to it, to crowd it and block it, to confuse it when it is chaotic, is called strategy.

41. In ancient times, those who were good at turning their backs were those who cooperated with the four seas and included the princes, disobeyed the heaven and earth, transformed them, and then used them to seek unity.

42. Where there is convergence and multiple reversals, there is a suitable plan. The transformation of the circle belongs to each other, each with its own situation. Ask each other again and again, because of things. Therefore, saints live between heaven and earth, stand up to govern the world, teach and make a name for themselves. They must predict and transform things based on the meeting of things.

43. Those who made good use of the world in ancient times must measure the power of the world and consider the feelings of the princes. Measuring power without examining it is a lot of things to say about strength and weakness; judging emotions without examining them is not knowing how to hide changes.

44. The so-called rubbing one's mind means to indulge one's liking and induce one's mood. For example, if the other party is honest, if you say that he is upright, this person will be happy and happy, and his emotions will be revealed; if the other party is greedy, if you marry him with money, this person will be happy, happy, and his emotions will be revealed; if the other party is lustful, if you lure him with beauty, Color, this person will be happy, happy, will reveal his emotions. Therefore, a person who is good at fishing is like fishing in a deep lake. As long as the bait is used properly, the fish will be hooked.

45. Determine whether something exists or not and whether it is true or not, and follow one’s desires to see one’s will.

46. For this reason, the cardinals should greet them, follow them, use tongs to harmonize them, and use their will to suit them; this is also the decoration of flying tongs.

47. Knowing is the beginning, knowing oneself and then knowing others.

48. "Those who do it without seeing its kind will see rebellion, and those who do it without seeing its emotions will see wrong. To gain its emotions is to control its skills. This can be used to go in and out, and can be opened or closed. "So the sage establishes things and predicts all things."

49. Chess cannot be played without chess pieces. The one hundred and eighty chess pieces that each of you has mastered will always be dead if placed in the box. Only when placed in the game will they become vivid and powerful. You are in me, and I am in you. If one move is wrong, the enemy will lose ground and troops at the least, and the whole situation will be lost at worst. Therefore, any move must be planned before making a move.

50. When used for people, it is empty but true, and the words are not missing.

51. As far as swordsmanship is concerned, there are only three swords in the world. The Holy Sword is also known as the Sword of Heaven. It uses Dao as its back, virtue as its front, yin and yang as its qi, and the five elements as its handle. It can cut off the light of heaven at the top and protect the earth from the bottom. The virtuous sword is also called the sword of the emperor. It has all the people as its back and virtuous ministers as its front. It conforms to the way of heaven above, follows the geography below, and neutralizes the will of the people. The vulgar sword is also called the human sword. It uses fine steel as the edge, alloy as the back, and coldness as the energy. It can behead the head at the top, chop the feet with the bottom, and break the internal organs with the middle.

52. Therefore, the wise does not use his shortcomings, but uses the fool's strengths; he does not use his weaknesses, but uses the fool's skills, so he is not trapped.

53. When old objects are classified, hold firewood toward the fire, and the dry ones will burn first; pour water on the flat ground, and the wet ones will soak first.

54. To use yang to seek yin is to use virtue; to use yin to combine yang and exert force.

55. The ancients said: "The mouth can be eaten, but cannot be spoken." There are taboos for those who speak. Everyone's mouths are shining with gold, and their words have a tune.

56. What is not good is: either conquer it first and then burden it with heavy burdens; or first burden it with burdens and then destroy it;

57. He who is the master is the way of heaven and earth. The one who opens and closes is used to change the yin and yang, and the opening and closing of the four seasons is used to transform all things.

58. The first thing to know is to know oneself, and then to know others. They know each other just like the two fishes in front of each other. The way it listens to words is like sound and sound; the way it sees form is like light and shadow.

59. As the saying goes, no one is perfect. What this means is that everyone has mental obstacles, which may manifest themselves in one way or another. Being arrogant, bragging, not asking for a better understanding, being too ambitious, jealous, trying to be smart, etc. All these are caused by arrogance; behaviorally withdrawn, rarely speaking, rarely getting along with others, this disorder is caused by lack of self-confidence. The foundation of cultivating the Tao is to remove mental obstacles.

60. If the world is not governed, it depends on the people’s hearts. If the human heart is not cured, it is due to overflowing desires. If you want to rule the world, you must first rule people's hearts; if you want to rule people's hearts, you must first rule chaos. Curing chaos is just a means, curing the heart is the right way. If we only control chaos for the sake of controlling chaos, and only use force to unify the world, even if we succeed, the world will not only be unruly, but will only become more chaotic.