A new interpretation of the eighth chapter of the Tao Te Ching: Water conservancy and everything is indisputable.
Good is like water. Water is good for all things without arguing, and it is evil for everyone, so it is a few words. Living in a good place; Have a good heart; With kindness; Good words and good faith; Good governance; Good at things; When you are good. The husband is only indisputable, so there is nothing special.
After the punctuation is modified:
Good is like water. Water is good for all things without arguing, and it is evil for everyone, so it is a few words. Living in goodness and land; Good heart, deep; With kindness and benevolence; Say good and believe; Good governance, governance; Good things, can; Be kind and timely. The husband is only indisputable, so there is nothing special.
what is "goodness"? Lao Tzu said that the best state of goodness is to benefit all things like water without arguing. Don't dispute what? Name and profit. One day, Lao Wang was watching beautiful women on Chunxi Road, and accidentally sprained his ankle. You took Lao Wang home, and then you took a photo and posted a news on a website, in which you said a bunch of nonsense about how you sacrificed yourself for others. Do you think this is good?
If there is a picture with the truth, hype, affectation and proof that what you are giving is good, it has actually deviated from good, so Lao Tzu said in the second chapter that "everyone knows good, but he is not good."
? If a student often cheats, often speaks rudely and is crazy, it is good for the teacher to criticize him even if his tone is a little heavy or even scold him.
? If a person wants to become a online celebrity, even if he helps his uncle to cross the road every day and brings water to sanitation workers every day, his goodness is mixed with evil.
Everything is a contradictory unity of opposites, and goodness is no exception. There is truth and falsehood in goodness. Look at the spread of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus in many provinces. It is also donations and materials. Some people are trying to make people remember his kindness and save the flow, and then turn the flow into "fame" and "profit". Some people are sending masks, money, etc. to keep a clear conscience. There is also a person who uses his position or resource advantage to turn the kindness of others into his own kindness to others. What kind of "kindness" can you tell?
among all sentient beings, goodness has always existed. A kind of goodness is exchange, a kind of goodness is virtue accumulation, and a kind of goodness is evil. Goodness has been wandering between fame, profit and evil.
On the official website of CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, we can see that a few comrades used to look like five people and six people, but they were full of thieves and prostitutes, and they were extremely courageous. If they were given a space, they would dare to do somersaults in the sky. When we look at a person's goodness and badness, the most important thing is to look at his starting point, whether he is for himself, for others or for society. Our Chinese culture advocates "helping the world", "benefiting people" and "perfecting", all of which are "doing good".
Lao Tzu said that "all things in water conservancy are not disputed, and all people are evil", which was once again vividly reflected before this epidemic. "Wuhan people" have become a special group for some time, and the license plate of E A has also been rejected, complained and reported. On January 23rd, 22, the city of Wuhan was closed. Some people fled with the virus by car, some people who escaped without scruple and spread the virus to others, some people who thought they were smart and fled to show off their success, but some people came bravely. They were Zhong Nanshan, Li Lanjuan, Chen Wei and medical teams from all over the country.
In the face of every disaster, it is not the superheroes in American blockbusters who help the world, but often the ordinary people who work in ordinary jobs, and often the bottom people who dare to stand up are those who you usually think are not so good. ?
? Later, Lao Tzu listed in detail what is good, and after revising the punctuation:
"Live in goodness and land; Good heart, deep; With kindness and benevolence; Say good and believe; Good governance, governance; Good things, can; Move good, when. "
after reading a lot of books, I think the explanations are not ideal enough, and I don't understand Lao Tzu's original intention. For example, some experts interpret it as "living in a good place means choosing a place with good feng shui", which will probably piss Lao Tzu off.
? Why not change the punctuation? During Qin Shihuang's time, many people avoided being killed, and many classics were passed down from mouth to mouth. There must be different factions formed due to different understandings, homophones must be recorded, and sentences must be inconsistent.
I actually mean: when building a house, the key point is to have a solid foundation; Look at a person's inner world, mainly depends on whether his mood is deep, quiet and clean; Communicating with others mainly depends on how this person treats relatives and friends differently; A person's speech, not only pays attention to his language art, but also focuses on whether he talks nonsense when he sees people; The evaluation of civil servants mainly depends on whether the people in his place can live and work in peace and contentment, whether the masses sigh or put up their thumbs; A person who can do things or is good at guiding others to do things must have the space and atmosphere to give full play to his talents; All decisions should be put into action by immediate response and continuous follow-up, rather than intermittent and endless.
? The most difficult thing to understand here is that many people understand the deviation and controversy so far in "benevolence". The "benevolence" said by Laozi and the "benevolence" said by Confucius are two different things. In the fifth chapter of Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu said, "Heaven and earth are heartless, taking everything as a straw dog; The saints are heartless and regard the people as pigs. " It is not difficult to see that Laozi mainly said that heaven and earth and saints will not treat people, things and things around them differently, and they all treat them equally, which is great love and goodness. But Lao Tzu is talking about "benevolence" here. Why not say "unkindness"? Because I know that the communication between ordinary people other than saints can't be separated from "differentiated love", and I will never look as calm as heaven and earth and saints. What I say here is "kindness and benevolence" mainly means that the focus of communication with people is to be a person with temperature without losing principle.
? Finally, Lao Tzu said, "The husband is only indisputable, so there is nothing special." What Lao Tzu said here does not mean that you can't and shouldn't get it, nor does it deny people's subjective initiative. We have learned a text called "Kong Rong Let Pear" before. Later, some people analyzed Kong Rong's hypocrisy with conspiracy theories, saying that he was a liar and a big fool since he was a child, saying that Kong Rong wanted to eat the pear and deliberately let his brother eat it. How dare his brother argue with his 4-year-old brother in front of everyone? In fact, these keyboard men are talking nonsense. Parents who are experienced in taking care of children should know that if your son is born and sensible, he will often be taught that you should love cleanliness, take the initiative to say hello to their uncles and aunts, and don't eat alone. Children will instinctively know to wash their hands before and after meals, be polite and be humble. Do you think everyone cares about the "pear" in a big official family like Kong Rong? Definitely not. What everyone cares about is that the child knows the behavior of "humility".
The act of "letting" is actually very important. For example, Liu Bei wanted to be emperor. Zhuge Liang led his ministers to find many reasons to collectively persuade them n times, and made a big push. In short, I hope that your master will not refuse again. These are the wishes of the people and the will of God. Then Liu Bei was reluctant to see that Zhuge Liang had held the preparatory meeting. Sun Quan wanted to be emperor, and his ministers also advised him n times. Cao Cao wanted to be a Wang Wei, and watched Xun Yu settle down on this matter. His ministers persuaded him n times, but he refused again and again, and he was angry when he refused. Finally, his ministers signed a pledge. By the same token, if you visit other people's homes, even if you are a distinguished guest, experienced people will not take the initiative to sit down. That Yuan Shu was the man who was carried away by power. He was a bit rude after winning Choi. He took the initiative to be the emperor, and everyone in the world had to punish him. The emperor was finally starved to death.
"concession" and "non-contention" are the rituals of our nation, representing the judgment of the situation and respect for others, and showing a person's modesty and kindness to others.
? Laozi said, "The husband is only indisputable, so there is nothing special." That is to say, if there is no dispute, there will be no sequelae, no enemies everywhere, everyone will be harmonious, and their hearts will be practical. If an employee only has leadership, money and power in mind and subconsciously regards his colleagues as competitors, it is difficult for such employees to have a big picture and sustainable development. If a person hides tens of millions of dollars, but he is afraid to spend it or deposit it in the bank, it is probably a painful thing to use poverty to hide his wealth. He is always afraid that his opponent will seize the handle and clean him up, and that his lover will expose him. How tired he is.