Source: The first chapter of Laozi's Tao Te Ching in the Spring and Autumn Period: "Tao can be Tao, but it is not constant. Name is also a name, not a constant name. " "Nothing" is the beginning of the world; "You are the mother of all things. Therefore, it is often "nothing" to see its wonders; I often "have" and want to see it. Both of them, with different names, are called metaphysics. Mysterious and mysterious, the gate of Wan Qi. "
Translation: If "Tao" can be expressed in words, then it is a constant "Tao" ("Tao" can be expressed in words, it is not an ordinary "Tao"); If a "name" can be named by words, it is a constant "name" ("name" can also be explained, it is not an ordinary "name")
"Nothing" can be used to describe the situation when the world is in chaos. And "you" is the name of the origin of all things in the universe. Therefore, we should always observe and understand the mystery of Tao from "nothing"; We should always observe and understand the clues of "Tao" from the perspective of "being" and "being", which have the same origin and different names, and can be called profound and profound.
It is not a general mystery, but profound and profound, and it is the general door of the mysteries of the universe (from the mystery of "name" to the intangible mystery, "Tao" is the door to understand all the changes of mysteries).
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Tao Te Ching is a philosophical work of Lao Zi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as Tao Te Ching, Lao Zi's Five Thousand Words and Lao Zi's Five Thousand Articles. It is a work before the separation of pre-Qin philosophers in ancient China and an important source of Taoist philosophical thoughts. Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts. The first part of the original text is the Tao Te Ching, and the second part is the Tao Te Ching, without chapters. Later, it was changed to the Tao Te Ching in the first 37 chapters, and the Tao Te Ching in the last 38 chapters, divided into 8 1 chapters.
The text of Tao Te Ching takes "morality" in the philosophical sense as the main line, and discusses the ways of self-cultivation, governing the country, using troops and keeping in good health, but most of them aim at politics. It is the so-called "inner sage and outer king" theory, which has profound meaning and wide tolerance and is known as the king of all classics.
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