The principle of simplicity means that the principles (basic principles, methods and laws) are extremely simple and can be explained in one or two sentences. As the saying goes, "One sentence of truth is preached, but thousands of books are falsely preached."

Chinese Taoist philosophy. Tao is an important concept in Chinese philosophy, representing "ultimate truth". This concept is not only valued by various philosophical schools, but also used by religious schools such as Taoism. The opposite of Daozhijian is broad and profound, which means broad and profound. It is often used to refer to ideas, academic theories, knowledge, works, etc.

A technology or a knowledge is made very profound because the essence is not seen through, and it is made very complicated because the key to the program is not grasped. In a fighting contest, too many moves means too many redundant and ineffective moves and too few effective moves. The more medicines a doctor prescribes, the less likely he is to grasp the methods and try medicines that are inaccurate. To be broad and profound means not recognizing the essence and grasping the key points, but instead being intoxicated in the complexity created by oneself and unable to extricate oneself.

To be simple means to be "less but refined", and to be broad and profound means to be "many and broad". To be simple and profound is a pair of contradictions, two sides of the same body. Being simple and broad can be transformed into being broad and profound. To be simple, you often need to draw on the strengths of others and integrate them with other majors. Merely integrating and mastering will create a new "broad and profound". Integrating Chinese and Western methods and drawing on the strengths of others is only the foundation. It is not the road to simplicity. The road to simplicity must be integrated with innovation, jump out of the original frame, eliminate the rough and select the essentials, grasp the key points and fundamentals, and wield Occam. The razor removes those ineffective, dispensable, and non-essential things and merges them into fewer but more refined things. This is the truth as the saying goes: "Every day increases for learning, and decreases for Tao."

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Baidu Encyclopedia - From the Great Road to the Simple