Chapter 55: Lao Tzu's indisputability

Lao Tzu is a great philosopher and thinker in ancient China, as well as the founder of Taoism, and is said to be posthumously regarded as the ancestor of the surname Li by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Then I will briefly introduce Lao Tzu: surnamed Li Ming'er, the character Dan, Huaxia nationality, a native of Qurenli, Li Township, Ku County, Chu State, and lived between 571 and 471 BC.

Lao Tzu is a world cultural celebrity, one of the world's 100 historical celebrities, the surviving author of the Tao Te Ching (also known as Lao Tzu) and 5,000 words, the essence of his works is the simple dialectic, advocating the rule of inaction, and his doctrine has a profound impact on the development of Chinese philosophy.

In Taoism, Lao Tzu is revered as the ancestor of Taoism. And when I read Lao Tzu two thousand years later, I have some personal different opinions on his thoughts, and today I will discuss with you Lao Tzu's indisputability.

Earlier I mentioned Lao Tzu's main work, the Tao Te Ching, which can also be called Lao Tzu or Five Thousand Words. It is divided into 81 chapters and two volumes, and I have studied this book carefully, but I found that there are many places in it that mention indisputability, and even many places revolve around indisputability, that is, don't do this and don't do that.

I think Lao Tzu's core of indisputability is open: the husband is not fighting, so the world can not fight with it. That is to say, because he does not fight with others, there is no one in the world who fights with him.

Or to say: the husband is not fighting, so there is no especially. It seems to say that he has indisputable virtues, so he does not attract resentment.

However, in my mind, I don't think so, if an ordinary person is always indisputable, then resources are robbed by others, how can I live in the end.

Especially self-comfort: the way of heaven is to win without fighting. That is to say, it seems that the indisputable side is weak, but in the end it is the weak side or the indisputable side that wins.

Then I would like to ask Lao Tzu, what would have happened if the Second World War had not been fought? The world was in turmoil, and countless people had died.

If 10,000 civil servants on the mainland are fighting for one, will they be able to have an iron job bowl if they don't strive for it? Will China be in Beijing if China doesn't fight desperately for the right to host the '08 Olympic Games?

But I see these indisputable indisputables in a relatively one-sided way, and I also use the dialectic in my heart to interpret another indisputable aspect of his.

My other understanding is that Lao Tzu's indisputability is on the surface, but in fact, he is fighting with you deep down.

His indisputability is an indisputable one. Indisputability is actually a means, and fighting is the ultimate goal.

I remember that Zhu Xi, a great Confucian in the Song Dynasty, once said that if a person makes a lot of noise and jumps, he will argue with Lao Tzu.

Lao Tzu just stepped aside and didn't make a sound, and when that person was exhausted, Lao Tzu had already cultivated enough spirit, and he could take the initiative in turn and calmly clean him up.

Zhu Xi also once said that Lao Tzu's indisputability proves that he is a person who only takes advantage and refuses to do things.

Of course, this is the prejudice of Confucianism against Taoism, Confucianism talks about the spirit of responsibility, talks about killing and becoming benevolent, talks about the world as its own responsibility, and talks about knowing that it cannot be done.

Of course, this is only the personal thinking of a physicist like Zhu Xi. In real life, we can also understand Lao Tzu's thinking in this way.

Not fighting does not necessarily mean not fighting for fame and fortune, but not fighting for ill-gotten interests and not greedy for illegal property. And how many people in real life can do it?

Clever words are not really talented, and forbearance and non-argumentation are the highest state of life cultivation.

"What a big heart!