First, water has high morality and is close to the Tao.

Laozi's Tao Te Ching said: "Water is the good of all things and the evil of all, so it is a minority."

Everything needs water to grow. Water has the great merit of nourishing all things, but it doesn't want to live in high places, but is willing to flow and live in ordinary low places. This kind of initiative, but unwilling to be high, and not seeking return, is a kind of high virtue.

Laozi believes that the Tao, the primitive substance of the universe, gave birth to all things in the universe. "Tao" is the mother of all things and has made great contributions. But Tao never reveals itself, so many people don't know its existence.

Water has made great contributions to nourishing everything, but it also shows no contribution. It is willing to live in a low-lying place that everyone looks down upon. This simple spirit of not revealing one's own advantages is similar to that of Tao. So Lao Tzu said that water is close to Tao.

Second, water has seven kinds of wisdom.

Laozi's Tao Te Ching says that water has seven kinds of wisdom, such as "being good, being kind, being kind, being kind, being good at words, being good at politics, being good at deeds and being good at times".

1, live in a good place

The emperor is in danger of being killed and robbed of the throne every day. As the saying goes, people are too cold at heights. High status is a place for everyone to compete for, and it is a dangerous place. Low-lying land is free, calm and good, and there is no competition.

Most people go to high places. But extremes meet, and when people's wisdom reaches a certain height, they will feel that low-lying places are better places.

Zhuangzi is like this. Jun mainly asked him to be the prime minister, but he refused, preferring to live in the country and live a poor but free and leisurely life.

Water always lives in low-lying land, that is, good land.

2. Have a good heart

Water has a lot of connotations.

The vast sea surface is calm and deep, which embodies the profound connotation of the sea.

3. Be kind

Water can wash dirt and purify everything.

Water is soft, the way to get along with people is soft, and people are kind.

Water nourishes animals, plants, people, etc., and treats everything equally, both good and bad. Water is very kind.

4. Good words and good faith

The fluctuation of sea water has a fixed date, which shows that the behavior of water is very reliable.

5. Good governance

Water is right. No matter how the bowl is tilted, the water in the bowl is always horizontal and will not tilt.

The upper beam is not straight, and the lower beam is crooked. If the leader's thinking is skewed, his organization is bound to be skewed.

People with right ideas like water are best at managing organizations.

6. Good things can be done

Water does things and is good at giving full play to its talents.

If water is soft, it is necessary to give full play to its soft characteristics and be soft.

With infinite patience and a click, water can drip through hard rocks.

7. Be prepared when moving.

The action of water is good at timing.

The water will not overflow the canal until it is full. This is an era when water is good at grasping the opportunity of action and knows how to accumulate wealth and make little money.

Thirdly, water has an indisputable advantage.

The Tao Te Ching says, "There is nothing special about a man's talent.". In other words, if you don't argue with others, there will be no mistakes.

Running water will not compete with obstacles, but will bypass it. Water never competes with people for high status, but prefers to live in a low-lying place that everyone looks down upon. This shows the indisputable advantages of water.

Lao Tzu's saying that "goodness is like water" is a metaphor for the goodness of water. Good people have the above three characteristics of water. It not only has the seven kinds of wisdom of water, but also benefits everyone, and it is simple and does not strive for fame and fortune.