In the second chapter of Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu pointed out: "Sages teach without words; Everything is without hesitation, born without it, without it, born with wealth. "
In other words, saints do things from the viewpoint of "inaction" and educate people in a "silent" way; Let everything go with the flow without being founded, do something without adding your own tendency, and succeed without pretending to be forced. In Laozi's view, "teaching without words" and "doing nothing" are interlinked.
"No words" means "inaction" and "teaching without words" means "teaching without action". For contemporary education, "teaching without words" requires teachers to educate students in a "inaction" way. Teacher's inaction is not inaction, but under the principle of inaction, let students do something.
Laozi's "teaching without words" is not really "speaking without words", but rather "speaking less and conforming to nature". To be "kind and flawless", be good at talking and not make mistakes is hard to blame. Laozi said in the Tao Te Ching: "It is important to be calm, and it is important to speak.
When I succeeded, people called me nature (Chapter 37), "I hope to speak naturally" (Chapter 23), and "Heaven wins without arguing, but should not speak" (Chapter 73). The practical meanings of "silence", "expensive words" and "hopeful words" here are the same, that is, they do not give orders or abuse government decrees, but follow their natural development.