Tao Te Ching

Chapter 36
[Original text]

Hold the elephant [1], the world goes [2].Go without harm, Anpingtai [3].

Le and bait [4], only passers-by.The outlet of the Tao is insipid and tasteless, seeing it is not enough[5] to see, hearing it is not enough to smell it, and it is impossible to use it[6].

【Note】

[1] Image: Road.

[2] To: return to, return to.

[3] Anpingtai: There will be peace and stability.Ann, then, just.

[4] Music and Bait: Music and Food.Bait generally refers to delicious food.

[5] Foot: Yes, able.

[6] both: do.

【Analysis】

Stick to the Dao, and everything in the world will come and belong.After surrendering without harming each other, there will be peace and stability.

Good music and delicious food can keep passing guests.And the "Tao" spoken of in the mouth seems so bland and tasteless, you can't see it if you want to see it, and you can't hear its voice if you want to hear it, but it is inexhaustible when you use it.

The true meaning of Tao is that it is colorless, tasteless, soundless, and formless, but it is also inexhaustible and inexhaustible.Plain and endless, this is the meaning of "Tao" embodied by all things.

【Explanation by Famous Artists】

Mr. He Shang:
Hold, keep also.Elephant, Tao also.The sage keeps the way, and all the people in the world will turn their hearts to it.To govern the body, the gods will descend from the sky, and they will come and go with themselves.If all the people return without harm, the country will be peaceful and peaceful.Govern the body without harming the gods, so that the body will be safe and live a long life.

Bait is beautiful.A passer-by, one too.People can enjoy the beauty of the Tao, but stop it once.One is to go to the surplus and stay in the void, suddenly like a passerby.The way in and out of the mouth is light, not like the five flavors are sour, salty, bitter, sweet and pungent.Foot, too.The Tao is formless, not if the five colors are blue, yellow, red, white, and black, which can be seen.Dao is not if the five tones have Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu, which can be heard.Both, to do.It is said that governing the country with the Dao will make the country rich and the people prosperous, and governing the body will prolong the life span. There is no time to end everything.

(End of this chapter)