Heaven and earth are ruthless, and everything is a dog. Saints are ruthless and treat people like pigs. Between heaven and earth, or tuó and yuè? Empty and unyielding, move out. It is better to stay in the middle than to talk too much and calculate too little.
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Through reading this chapter, I understand that this chapter is a further elaboration of the fourth chapter "Dao Chong". This paper deduces human nature from heaven and society from nature, and comprehensively expounds Laozi's meditation proposition in a step-by-step way. It embodies Laozi's thought of advocating the law of "natural growth".
It may be because we live in different times and have different understandings of nature, so our thoughts and opinions are different. I don't agree with Laozi's view of "let nature take its course, be quiet and neutral".
Laozi believes that all things in nature, with lightning, rain, snow and ice, with the natural replacement of spring, summer, autumn and winter, will be endless. He opposes changing the rules of things and carefully managing and taking care of them. Think that change is unnecessary.
I don't agree with his view of letting nature take its course. Everything in the world, even if there are natural laws, has the survival of the fittest to maintain ecological balance. It is undeniable that with the continuous development and progress of society, the rapid development of scientific and technological progress has been realized because of the conquest of the universe and the change of nature; With the success of landing on the moon and ocean drilling; Only then did Yuan Longping, the father of hybridization, increase rice production, and medical workers conquered the virus. These are by no means natural.
Similarly, Lao Tzu believes that people should also abide by the laws of nature and let them develop. Whether you are smart or stupid, at every age, you will naturally know what to do and how to do it. Whether reading or studying, unlocking life skills is redundant.
I still have a different view. If human beings don't learn and change, and Laozi himself doesn't persist in learning, how can there be systematic theories and how can these theories be passed down?
How did so many scientists come? How are countless theoretical books recorded and passed down? If we don't change, mankind may still stay in the era of slash and burn. It takes several days to walk hundreds of kilometers, but it still takes ten days and a half to deliver a document. Look at this, staying at home and knowing what's going on in the world. If there is no change and there is no human progress, where do these achievements come from?
Laozi advocates that the management of society and country only needs to let nature take its course. He pointed out that if there are too many policies and systems, it will accelerate the demise of GJ. He strongly advocated that the world should be governed by emptiness and quietness, so that human beings can naturally live, die and die.
Well, according to Laozi's viewpoint of "ruling by doing nothing" and "keeping the middle", the world is a family, the country is not bound by laws and regulations, and people are also free. Then, human beings are the law of the jungle society. Which country in the world is strong, which country has the advantage; Whoever has the greatest power in society is king. If such a world will be full of war, burning and robbery, people everywhere will be very miserable. How can it develop? I'm afraid it's W.
Different times have different ideas and understandings of everything. The views of "quietness" and "keeping in the middle" may be suitable for Laozi's era, but they are certainly not in line with the development of modern society.
Throughout history, human beings can only make progress by constantly changing.