Those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know (1). Plugging its exchange and closing its door (2), frustrating its sharpness and resolving its disputes, and its light and dust (3) are said to be the same as the mystery (4). Therefore, it is not possible to get and kiss, it is not possible to obtain and be neglected, it is not to be gained, it is not to be gained, it is not to be gained, it is not to be gained, it is not to be obtained, it is not to be gained, it is not to be gained,

[Translation]

A wise wise man does not talk much, and a person who goes around talking long and short is not a wise man. Plug the hole of lust and close the door of lust. Not showing the edge, dissolving the strife, frustrating the people's edge, relieving their strife, reining their brilliance, and mixing their earthly world, this is the profound mystery. Those who have reached the realm of "Xuantong" have gone beyond the secular scope of intimacy, interests, and nobility, so they are respected by the people of the world.

[Notes]

1. Those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know: This sentence is to say, those who know do not say, and those who love to say do not know. Another explanation is that smart people don't talk much, and people who go around talking long and short are not smart. Another explanation is that those who have received the "Word" do not impose commands, and everything goes according to nature, while those who impose orders do not have the "Word." The second interpretation is used here.

2. Plug it and close the door: plug the hole of lust and close the door of desire.

3. Frustrate its sharpness, solve its disputes: and its light, with its dust: This sentence means to frustrate its sharpness, relieve its disturbances, calm its glory, and mix with its earthly world.

4. Xuantong: Xuanmiao Qitong, here also refers to "Tao".

5. Unobtainable and proactive, unobtainable and sparse, unobtainable and profitable, unobtainable and harmful, unobtainable and expensive, unobtainable and cheap: these sentences are to say that the realm of "Xuantong" has gone beyond the secular categories of intimacy, interests, and nobility.

[Quote]

Chapter 42 and the previous chapter are all about "and", and this chapter continues the previous chapter, and the focus is also on "and". Chapter 42 says that "impulse is thought of as peace", which means that the two sides of the contradiction in things have achieved harmony and unity through struggle. In the previous chapter, we talked about "knowing and saying normal", that is, taking harmony as the normal state of things. This chapter talks about how to maintain a normal sum. These three chapters are in-depth and logical, telling people about the highest moral realm of "harmony". However, the text of this chapter contains a lot of depth, which not only refers to the people in power, but also includes the life philosophy of people in the world. He asked people to strengthen their self-cultivation, eliminate selfish desires, not show their edge, detach themselves from disputes, mix with the world, and treat all people and things with an open-minded mind and an unbiased state of mind. In this way, the world can be governed.

[Commentary]

In Lao Tzu's view, the sage who has attained the "Tao", that is, the person who has cultivated into an ideal personality, can "frustrate", "resolve disputes", "harmonize with light" and "share the dust", which has reached the highest state of "Xuantong". In this regard, the car commented: "Sharp, Fen, Light, and Dust are opposites, and Frustration, Resolution, and Light are unified with dust." Sharp things are easy to break and cannot be kept for a long time, and grinding away sharp things can avoid the danger of breaking. The way to resolve disputes lies in asking everyone to look at the problem from a comprehensive perspective and abandon one-sided opinions. Where the sun shines, there must be a dark side that cannot be illuminated, only see the irradiated side, ignore the irradiated other side, is not really understand the truth of light, only the 'negative yin', 'embrace the yang' both sides of the situation are unified to master, and then can understand the 'use of its light, return to its light' truth. The universe is full of dust, and so are the complicated situations in the human world, and the ideas and practices that transcend the world are unrealistic, and the ideas and practices that everyone is cloudy and clear will not work, these are the truths that only understand the opposite side, and do not know the truth of the unified side. Only those who have no selfish motives can let the good aspects play as much as possible without hindrance, and they can also guide the bad aspects according to the situation, and be good at helping them play their due role. (On Lao Tzu, p. 48) Those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know (1). Plugging its exchange and closing its door (2), frustrating its sharpness and resolving its disputes, and its light and dust (3) are said to be the same as the mystery (4). Therefore, it is not possible to get and kiss, it is not possible to obtain and be neglected, it is not to be gained, it is not to be gained, it is not to be gained, it is not to be gained, it is not to be obtained, it is not to be gained, it is not to be gained,

[Translation]

A wise wise man does not talk much, and a person who goes around talking long and short is not a wise man. Plug the hole of lust and close the door of lust. Not showing the edge, dissolving the strife, frustrating the people's edge, relieving their strife, reining their brilliance, and mixing their earthly world, this is the profound mystery. Those who have reached the realm of "Xuantong" have gone beyond the secular scope of intimacy, interests, and nobility, so they are respected by the people of the world.

[Notes]

1. Those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know: This sentence is to say, those who know do not say, and those who love to say do not know. Another explanation is that smart people don't talk much, and people who go around talking long and short are not smart. Another explanation is that those who have received the "Word" do not impose commands, and everything goes according to nature, while those who impose orders do not have the "Word." The second interpretation is used here.

2. Plug it and close the door: plug the hole of lust and close the door of desire.

3. Frustrate its sharpness, solve its disputes: and its light, with its dust: This sentence means to frustrate its sharpness, relieve its disturbances, calm its glory, and mix with its earthly world.

4. Xuantong: Xuanmiao Qitong, here also refers to "Tao".

5. Unobtainable and proactive, unobtainable and sparse, unobtainable and profitable, unobtainable and harmful, unobtainable and expensive, unobtainable and cheap: these sentences are to say that the realm of "Xuantong" has gone beyond the secular categories of intimacy, interests, and nobility.

[Quote]

Chapter 42 and the previous chapter are all about "and", and this chapter continues the previous chapter, and the focus is also on "and". Chapter 42 says that "impulse is thought of as peace", which means that the two sides of the contradiction in things have achieved harmony and unity through struggle. In the previous chapter, we talked about "knowing and saying normal", that is, taking harmony as the normal state of things. This chapter talks about how to maintain a normal sum. These three chapters are in-depth and logical, telling people about the highest moral realm of "harmony". However, the text of this chapter contains a lot of depth, which not only refers to the people in power, but also includes the life philosophy of people in the world. He asked people to strengthen their self-cultivation, eliminate selfish desires, not show their edge, detach themselves from disputes, mix with the world, and treat all people and things with an open-minded mind and an unbiased state of mind. So.

[Commentary]

(To be continued.) )