Tao Te Ching

Chapter 24
[Original text]

Xiyan [1] is natural.Therefore, the wind [2] does not end in the court, and the shower [3] does not end in the day.Who is for this?world.The world can't last long, let alone people?

Therefore, those who practice the Tao are the same as the Tao; those who are virtuous are the same as the virtues; those who lose [4] are the same as the lost.Those who are the same as the Dao, enjoy the Tao; those who are the same as the virtues, enjoy the virtues; those who are the same as the losers, enjoy the loss.

(Insufficient belief, there is no belief. [5])

【Note】

[1] Xiyan: Talk less.Here it refers to the ruler giving orders as little as possible and resting with the people as much as possible.

[2] Floating wind: strong wind, strong wind.

[3] Showers: heavy rain, heavy rain.

[4] Lost: losing morality or morality.

[5] "Insufficient letter" sentence: These two sentences are inconsistent with the previous text, and they have already appeared in Chapter [-], so it is suspected that the original information is wrong.

【Analysis】

Those in power should give orders to the people as little as possible. This kind of governance is in line with the Dao, and it can also govern for a longer period of time.

Just as the wind blows but doesn't last the whole morning, and the rain pours but doesn't last the whole day, who caused it?It should be heaven and earth.Neither the sky nor the earth can achieve longevity, let alone ordinary people?

That's why there are people who actively cultivate the Tao, and such people can be integrated with the Dao; those who are diligent in self-cultivation and morality can be integrated with the noble virtues; s consequence.For those who are one with Dao, Dao is also willing to help them succeed; for those who are one with virtue, virtue will also be willing to help them succeed; To fail.

(A person with insufficient integrity and repeated failures will eventually have no one willing to put his trust in him.)
After the seventeenth chapter, this chapter once again puts forward the importance of "His Words".Language, the superficial meaning is language, speaking, and by extension, it is the politics, religion and laws imposed by the ruler on the people.The storm is used as a metaphor in the article to tell the rulers not to interfere or commit violence against the people, but to adopt a "quiet and inaction" approach to govern the world, so that it conforms to the laws of nature and Tao, and can last for a long time.

Whether a person is a commoner or a ruler, if you think and do good things, you will be willing to achieve good things; if you think and do bad things, good things will stay away from you.

【Explanation by Famous Artists】

Mr. He Shang:
Those who wish to speak are said to love words.A lover of words, the way of nature.Piaofeng, gust of wind also.Showers, torrential rain also.Words cannot last long, and violence cannot last long.No one, no one.Who is to blame for this?What heaven and earth do.Can't end day and night.Heaven and earth are gods, combined into violent storms and rains, it is still not enough to make the day and night, let alone people want to be a violent death?

From, for also.Man-made things should be as quiet as the Tao, and should not be as violent as the storm.A Taoist is a person who is good at Taoism.Those who are the same as the Tao will do the same as the Tao.Those who are virtuous are those who love virtue.Those who are the same as virtue, what they do is the same as virtue.To lose means to let oneself lose others.The same as the loser, what you do is the same as the loser.Those who are the same as the Tao, the Tao is also happy to get it.Those who are the same as virtue, virtue is also happy.Those who are the same as those who lose, lose is also happy to lose.

The king's trust is not enough for the subordinates, and the subordinates should respond to the emperor's disbelief.It is said that things belong to each other, the same sound corresponds to each other, and the same gas seeks each other.The cloud follows the dragon, the wind follows the tiger, the water flows wet, the fire dry, and so on.

(End of this chapter)