Chapter 11 of "Tao Te Ching".

Only when people calm down can they develop wisdom, inspiration, thoughts, and deeply reflect on themselves. Through meditation, we can reawaken the true nature of our humanity, inner perseverance, and recall our respect for nature, valuing of life, and cherishing life.

"Tao Te Ching", a philosophical work by Lao Tzu (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as "Tao Te Ching", "Lao Tzu", "Five Thousand Words" and "Lao Tzu's Five Thousand Essays", is a Chinese A work written by the ancient pre-Qin scholars before they split up, and is an important source of Taoist philosophy. The Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts. The original text is the first part "De Jing" and the second part "Tao Jing". They are not divided into chapters. Later they were changed to "Tao Jing". Chapter 37 comes first, and after chapter 38 it is "De Jing" and divided into chapters. For 81 chapters.

The text of the "Tao Te Ching" takes "morality" in the philosophical sense as its outline, discussing the ways of self-cultivation, governing the country, using military force, and maintaining health. Most of it takes politics as its purpose. It is the so-called "inner sage and outer king". His studies are profound and comprehensive, and he is known as the king of scriptures.

Value influence

The content of "Tao Te Ching" covers philosophy, ethics, politics, military science and many other disciplines. A treasure trove of learning. It has had a profound impact on Chinese philosophy, science, politics, religion, etc., and embodies a world view and outlook on life of the ancient Chinese.

The cultural thoughts of the pre-Qin scholars and the Chinese people are all unaffected by Laozi, and they were hailed as the King of Classics by the Chinese ancestors. The influence of "Tao Te Ching" is also multifaceted, including politics, culture, science, religion, etc. According to incomplete statistics from the Yuan Dynasty, since the pre-Qin Dynasty, there have been more than 3,000 kinds of works on studying and annotating old people, and by the time of the Yuan Dynasty, there were no less than 1,000 representative ones, which illustrates the huge influence of the Tao Te Ching.