Source: Laozi's "Tao Te Ching" in the Spring and Autumn Period is not arrogant, but it is not arrogant. If you have to, don't be strong. Things get old when they are strong, which means there is no way, no way.
Interpretation of the vernacular: achieving the goal is not self-sustaining, achieving the goal is not boastful, achieving the goal is not self-righteous, achieving the goal is out of necessity, and achieving the goal is not trying to be brave. In the past, strong things will decline, indicating that things that do not conform to Tao will soon die out.
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Lao Tzu, surnamed Li Minger, was called Bo Yang, or Shu Bo Yang. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the year of birth and death is unknown, and it was born in the county (ancient county name) of Chen (who later entered Chu) at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period in 57 BC/KLOC-0 BC. China was an ancient thinker, philosopher, writer and historian, the founder and main representative of Taoist school.
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Tao Te Ching is one of the greatest works in the history of China, which has had a profound influence on traditional philosophy, science, politics and religion? .