As a political principle, "inaction" appeared in the late Spring and Autumn Period. It was Laozi who systematized "governing by doing nothing" into a theory. Everything they do as rulers will destroy the natural order, disturb the world and endanger the people. The rulers are required to govern by doing nothing, imitate nature and let the people develop freely. The theoretical basis of "governing by doing nothing" is "Tao", and the practical basis is to change "chaos" into "governance"; The main contents of "governing by doing nothing" are "doing nothing" and "governing by doing nothing", and the specific measures are "persuading the rulers to interfere less" and "making the people ignorant and have no desire"
First, what is the ideological viewpoint of "governing by doing nothing"
Laozi initiated the Taoist concept of "inaction" and put forward that "Tao gives birth to one, two, three and all things" as the source of the world. He believes that everything originates from Tao and returns to Tao, and Tao is eternal. He also thinks that "Tao" is a universal law, and puts forward that "people should be everywhere, the land should follow the sky, the sky should follow the Tao, and the Tao should be natural." The point of view.
Lao Tzu said at the beginning of Tao Te Ching: "Nothing is the beginning of heaven and earth; Yes, the mother of all things. " This is the principle set by Laozi to explain "nothing" and "being", and points out two characteristics of "Tao" respectively. "Nothing" means that Tao is invisible and invisible, and "Being" means that Tao is invisible and exists.
"Tao" in Tao Te Ching refers to the universe, which is the foundation of ontology and everything. It also refers to the law of movement and change of things and the code of conduct of people. If we understand whether this is Lao Tzu's original intention, we should understand it through the explanation of "nothing" and "being". In other words, you can only understand, but you can't speak clearly and thoroughly, that is, "Tao, Tao, extraordinary Tao;" Name, name, very name. " Therefore, historians and philosophers have always called Laozi's "Tao" metaphysics, but "Tao" has a great influence on the history of China.
Second, the content of "inaction" thought
To understand Laozi's "inaction" thought, we should say that we must make a comprehensive investigation and speculation from the background of the times, life experience, philosophy and political opinions, and we must read and comprehend from the five thousand words in the Tao Te Ching.
The triple meanings of Laozi s "inaction" thought;
1, conform to nature and "govern by doing nothing". "Taoism is natural", which is the root of "inaction", that is, "nothing is born out of nothing, nothing is born out of nothing".
2. Follow the laws of nature to "do". Laozi advocates "the way of being a saint, and strive for it." This is the end of Tao Te Ching, and it can also be considered as the central idea of Laozi in this article.
3. The purpose advocated by Laozi in Tao Te Ching is to "take advantage of it, not use its tools". In other words, this is a method of governing the country designed by Laozi according to his own political opinions, mainly aimed at the rulers at that time.
Third, how should modern people treat and apply the attitude of enterprise management?
Mao Zedong's viewpoint and policy of "making the past serve the present, making foreign things serve China" and "taking its essence and discarding its dross" are very suitable for reading Laozi's Tao Te Ching and discriminating its ideological connotation of "governing by doing nothing". It can be said that this is the general guiding ideology.
At the same time, according to the requirements of the new era, we should eliminate the negative factors formed on the basis of small-scale peasant economy and feudal autocracy, innovate the moral concept and management content of the thought of "governing by doing nothing" and endow it with the connotation of the times. Only in this way can the idea of "governing by doing nothing" have vitality and value in traditional moral concepts and management speculation, and can it be inherited and carried forward in enterprise management in the new era. Of course, this is also targeted, mainly at the leaders of enterprises.
To sum up, Laozi's thought of "governing by doing nothing" is still useless if it can be dialectically analyzed and absorbed into enterprise management.