Tao Te Ching

Chapter 21
[Original text]

What is the difference between Wei [1] and Ah [2]?What is the difference between good and evil?What people are afraid of must not be afraid.It's desolate, it's young[3]!
Everyone is happy, like enjoying a prison[4], like spring on a stage, I am alone, and there is no sign[5], like a baby who is not yet a child[6], 傫傫呵[7] as if I have nowhere to go.

Everyone has more than enough, but I am alone [8].My fool's heart is too chaotic!

Ordinary people show [9], I am alone [10]; ordinary people check [11], I am alone [12].

(It's like the sea when it's light; it's like there's no end to it. [13])

Everyone has something to do [14], but I am stubborn and despicable alone.

I am different from others, and I value my mother[15].

【Note】

[1] Wei: Respectfully agree.

[2] A: Agree with negligence.

[3] Wei Young: Not finished, not over.

[4] Tailao: When worshiping ancestors in ancient times, all three kinds of animals, cattle, sheep, and pigs, were sacrificed and called Tailao.Here it means a sumptuous feast.

[5] Zhao: signs, signs.

[6] Child: Same as "cough", describing the baby's laughter.

[7] Xie Xi: Tired look.

[8] Remains: lack, insufficiency.

[9] Zhaozhao: The appearance of understanding the truth.

[10] Faint: dull, dull look.

[11] Chacha: Stern and harsh look.

[12] Boring: Simple and honest appearance.

[13] "Danxi" sentence: These two sentences are inconsistent with the context and should be moved to Chapter [-].

[14] Have to: Useful and useful.

[15] Precious food mother: mother, refers to "Tao".This means that it is most important to abide by the Tao of heaven and earth.

【Analysis】

How much difference will the final result be between a submissive attitude and a disobedient attitude towards things that happen to me?How much difference does it make between having a kind heart or an ugly heart for those around you?What people are often afraid of, I also feel afraid inside, because I have the same body and perception as everyone else.This contrasting atmosphere has been like this since ancient times, and it seems that it will continue endlessly in later generations.

The crowd was bustling with joy, as if they were going to a grand banquet, or as if they were on stage in spring to look at the beautiful scenery. I was the only one who was indifferent to my ambitions and had no desires. Instead, I would not laugh like a baby, appearing ignorant, tired, and lazy, just like Tramps also have no home.Everyone plans for themselves and intends to leave surplus money, only I seem to be ignorant and often poor.I have the heart of a fool!

Everyone is dazzling, but I am the only one who seems to be in a daze; everyone is living clearly, but I am the only one who seems to be in a daze. (I'm like drifting on the boundless ocean, and I can't find a place to rest.)
People in the world seem to be very clever, have their own abilities, and at the same time play their own role. Only I am ignorant, clumsy, and useless.

However, the only thing that makes me different from others is that I can appreciate and return to the embrace of the mother of all things, and truly possess the "Tao".

Laozi made many comparisons between his mentality and the mentality of secular people. He exposed the greedy mentality of secular people in pursuit of material desires, and deliberately described his own mentality with opposite and exaggerated metaphors.The "I" mentioned in the article refers to Lao Tzu himself, but it does not only refer to Lao Tzu alone, but to all people who have the concept and thought of "Tao".The "heart of a fool" in the article does not refer to Laozi himself, but refers to those who confuse concepts such as right and wrong, good and evil, beauty and ugliness, and are blinded by desire.Lao Tzu hopes that more people can jump out of the world, be indifferent to their ambitions, and pursue spiritual sublimation while the worldly people pursue fame and fortune, instead of following the trend.

【Explanation by Famous Artists】

Mr. He Shang:
In addition to vanity, there is no worry.How different is the same for coping?When you are sick, the quality is cheap and the writing is expensive.The good ones praise, the evil ones remonstrate, how can we get rid of each other?
When you are sick, you hate loyalty and straightness, and you use evil and sycophants.People are also called Taoists.What people fear is the king who never stops learning.Don't be afraid, get close to the color, and kill the benevolent and virtuous.It is said that the secular people are desolate, and they want to study and write, but they will not stop.Hee Hee, promiscuous and lustful.It's like thinking too hard when you are hungry, and when you have no mind.In spring, yin and yang are in communication, and all things are moved. When you go to the stage to watch it, your will will be lustful.I am alone indifferent and quiet, without any sign of lust.For example, when a child fails to answer the puppet.I ride and ride like a poor man, with nothing to return to.

Everyone thinks extra money is extravagant, and Yu Zhi thinks it is fraud.I am alone as abandoned, as if insufficient.Don't go along with common people, stick to one thing and never move, just like the mind of a fool.no difference.

Ming and Da also.Such as ambiguity also.Chacha, anxious and sick.Boring, nothing to cut.I am alone, like the flow of the river and the sea, and I don't know how poor it is.I am floating alone, like flying like flying, without stopping, and my will is in the realm of God.

So, promising.I am alone.It seems despicable, if you don't catch it.

I am unique.Eat, use also.Mother, Tao also.I only value the way.

(End of this chapter)