If you want to lose it (1), you will fix it (2), if you want to be weak, you will strengthen it, if you want to abolish it, you will fix it, and if you want to take it (3), you will fix it (4). It is said to be subtle (5), and weakness is better than strength. The fish must not escape from the abyss (6), and the sharp weapon of the kingdom must not be shown to others (7).

[Translation]

To restrain it, you must first expand it, if you want to weaken it, you must first strengthen it, if you want to abolish it, you must first exalt it, if you want to take it, you must first give it. This is called the triumph of weakness over strength, though subtle and obvious. The survival of fish cannot be separated from the pond, and the country's criminal law, politics and religion cannot be flaunted to others, and cannot be easily used to scare people.

[Notes]

1. She: convergence, convergence.

2. Solid: for the time being.

3. Take: a copy of "grabbing".

4. And: give, the same as the word "give".

5. Twilight: a subtle precursor.

6. Detachment: leaving, detachment.

7. The sharp weapon of the state cannot be displayed: the sharp weapon refers to the country's criminal law and other political and religious systems. Show people, show people, show off to people.

[Quote]

Some people think that this chapter is also about the use of soldiers, but we think that it mainly describes Lao Tzu's dialectical thought. This chapter deals with a number of issues of the transformation of the two sides of the contradiction. For example, "the extremes of things must be opposed" and "the extremes of prosperity and decline" can be said to be the laws of movement and change in nature, and at the same time, the dialectics of nature are used as metaphors for social phenomena to arouse people's vigilance and attention. This view runs through the entire Tao Te Ching.

[Commentary]

Judging from the content of this chapter, it mainly talks about the duality of things and the dialectical relationship between contradiction transformation, and at the same time uses the dialectic of nature as a metaphor for social phenomena, which arouses the vigilance of some people. In the process of the development of things, it will go to a certain limit, at this time, it will inevitably change in the opposite direction, the first eight sentences of this chapter are Lao Tzu's specific analysis of the development of the situation, through Lao Tzu's so-called "things must be opposed" dialectical thought. In the above-mentioned four contradictory opposites of "He" and "Zhang", "Weak" and "Strong", "Waste" and "Xing", and "Take" and "And", Lao Tzu would rather live on the weak side. After making in-depth and general observation and research on people and things, he realized that weak things contain restraint, often full of resilience, vigorous vitality, and great room for development. On the contrary, what seems to be strong and strong, because of its prominence, often loses the prospect of development and is therefore not sustainable. In the opposition between weakness and strength, Lao Tzu asserted that the appearance of weakness is better than the appearance of strength. If you want to lose it (1), you will fix it (2), if you want to be weak, you will strengthen it, if you want to abolish it, you will fix it, and if you want to take it (3), you will fix it (4). It is said to be subtle (5), and weakness is better than strength. The fish must not escape from the abyss (6), and the sharp weapon of the kingdom must not be shown to others (7).

[Translation]

To restrain it, you must first expand it, if you want to weaken it, you must first strengthen it, if you want to abolish it, you must first exalt it, if you want to take it, you must first give it. This is called the triumph of weakness over strength, though subtle and obvious. The survival of fish cannot be separated from the pond, and the country's criminal law, politics and religion cannot be flaunted to others, and cannot be easily used to scare people.

[Notes]

1. She: convergence, convergence.

2. Solid: for the time being.

3. Take: a copy of "grabbing".

4. And: give, the same as the word "give".

5. Twilight: a subtle precursor.

6. Detachment: leaving, detachment.

7. The sharp weapon of the state cannot be displayed: the sharp weapon refers to the country's criminal law and other political and religious systems. Show people, show people, show off to people.

[Quote]

Some people think that this chapter is also about the use of soldiers, but we think that it mainly describes Lao Tzu's dialectical thought. This chapter deals with a number of issues of the transformation of the two sides of the contradiction. For example, "the extremes of things must be opposed" and "the extremes of prosperity and decline" can be said to be the laws of movement and change in nature, and at the same time, the dialectics of nature are used as metaphors for social phenomena to arouse people's vigilance and attention. This view runs through the entire Tao Te Ching.

[Commentary]

Judging from the content of this chapter, it mainly talks about the duality of things and the dialectical relationship between contradiction transformation, and at the same time uses the dialectic of nature as a metaphor for social phenomena, which arouses the vigilance of some people. In the process of the development of things, it will go to a certain limit, at this time, it will inevitably change in the opposite direction, the first eight sentences of this chapter are Lao Tzu's specific analysis of the development of the situation, through Lao Tzu's so-called "things must be opposed" dialectical thought. In the above-mentioned four contradictory opposites of "He" and "Zhang", "Weak" and "Strong", "Waste" and "Xing", and "Take" and "And", Lao Tzu would rather live on the weak side. After making in-depth and general observation and research on people and things, he realized that weak things contain restraint, often full of resilience, vigorous vitality, and great room for development. On the contrary, what seems to be strong and strong, because of its prominence, often loses the prospect of development and is therefore not sustainable. In the opposition between weakness and strength, Lao Tzu asserted that the appearance of weakness is better than the appearance of strength. If you want to lose it (1), you will fix it (2), if you want to be weak, you will strengthen it, if you want to abolish it, you will fix it, and if you want to take it (3), you will fix it (4). It is said to be subtle (5), and weakness is better than strength. The fish must not escape from the abyss (6), and the sharp weapon of the kingdom must not be shown to others (7).

[Translation]

To restrain it, you must first expand it, if you want to weaken it, you must first strengthen it, if you want to abolish it, you must first exalt it, if you want to take it, you must first give it. This is called the triumph of weakness over strength, though subtle and obvious. The survival of fish cannot be separated from the pond, and the country's criminal law, politics and religion cannot be flaunted to others, and cannot be easily used to scare people.

[Notes]

1. She: convergence, convergence.

2. Solid: for the time being.

3. Take: a copy of "grabbing".

4. And: give, the same as the word "give".

5. Twilight: a subtle precursor.

6. Detachment: leaving, detachment.

7. The sharp weapon of the state cannot be displayed: the sharp weapon refers to the country's criminal law and other political and religious systems. Show people, show people, show off to people.

[Quote]

Some people think that this chapter is also about the use of soldiers, but we think that it mainly describes Lao Tzu's dialectical thought. This chapter deals with a number of issues of the transformation of the two sides of the contradiction. For example, "the extremes of things must be opposed" and "the extremes of prosperity and decline" can be said to be the laws of movement and change in nature, and at the same time, the dialectics of nature are used as metaphors for social phenomena to arouse people's vigilance and attention. This view runs through the entire Tao Te Ching.

[Commentary]

Judging from the content of this chapter, it mainly talks about the duality of things and the dialectical relationship between contradiction transformation, and at the same time uses the dialectic of nature as a metaphor for social phenomena, which arouses the vigilance of some people. In the process of the development of things, it will go to a certain limit, at this time, it will inevitably change in the opposite direction, the first eight sentences of this chapter are Lao Tzu's specific analysis of the development of the situation, through Lao Tzu's so-called "things must be opposed" dialectical thought. In the above-mentioned "he" and "zhang", "weak" and "strong", "waste" and "xing", "take" and "and", these four contradictory opposites, the old. (To be continued.) )