What is the Taoist view of life?

We know that the so-called i.e. view of life is also the view of the value and meaning of human existence. The concept of life is determined by the worldview (cosmology). Different people have different views of life. (I) Taoism's view on the value of life Taoism believes that "Tao" is the origin of the universe, "Tao" gives birth to "?", "?" and "?". and "?" and "?" gives birth to all things. Immortals and human beings are born from different "?" and human beings are born from their own different "?". Yin and Yang, the five elements, and the essence are composed and have form and life. Human qualities are real, not empty illusions. Taoism believes that it is a joy to live in the present world - life is rare; it believes that death is the most horrible and painful So, Taoism emphasizes on the theory of "Immortalism is precious life, and there is no measure of human beings." In terms of ideology, Taoism does not believe that "the fate of the heavens is determined by heaven", and believes that "my fate is in me, and does not belong to heaven and earth", and that the survival of human life, the life span of the people, is determined by the self, and does not depend on heaven's destiny. People are encouraged not to yield to the fate of heaven, but to cultivate their lives in accordance with Taoism and strive for immortality and unity with Taoism. To this end, Taoism put forward a series of Taoist exercises and techniques, such as taking food, practicing qi, tui na, guiding, shou yi, eidan, neidan, as well as jiao-festival, runic seals, geng shen, and so on. Therefore, Taoism takes the joy of life, the value of life, and the pursuit of longevity and immortality as its fundamental doctrines. This is also the most fundamental view of life in Taoism. This outlook on life reflects Taoism's delight in life and its high regard for the value of life. From this we can see that Taoism is a religion that attaches great importance to the value of life. (ii) Taoism's view on the value of human beings What is the position of human beings in the universe and do they have any value? Regarding the view of man's position in the universe, Taishang Laozi emphasized that man has an outstanding position. He said, "Therefore, Tao is great, heaven is great, earth is great, and man is great. There are four great ones in the domain, and man lives in one of them." It is believed that man is one of the four in the universe and is above all things. Taoism also shows man's position in the universe through the cosmic life system of gods, men, and ghosts. Taoism believes that the cosmic space is composed of heaven, fairyland, earth, and hell. God resides in the supreme position, above the earth. Ghosts can enter the intermediate position of ghosts under people. Therefore, Taoism advises people to do good deeds, advocates "with the heart to perform the convenience of the time, do all kinds of Yin Gong", and exhorts people to "all evils do not do, all good deeds". At the same time, it also advocates the cultivation of the way of longevity, good deeds and virtues, and believes that if the work is complete and the fruit is full, then the immortals can hope. Taoism also clearly emphasizes that "among all things, man is the most precious." It is believed that man is the spirit of all things, and through cultivation, he can live long and become immortal. In short, human beings have a certain status in the universe, and life is very valuable. (C) Taoism's view of the value of the son's personality On the question of the value of personality, Taoism starts from the group, and advocates the commonwealth, equality of mankind, and peaceful ****ing. Taoism's ideal society is a peaceful, non-controversial, equal, free, no oppression, no exploitation, everyone works, there are difficulties **** help, share the same blessings, everyone can live and work in peace and happiness, after all their days and years of great fairness and great peace of the commonwealth society. In the early Taoist classic "Taiping Jing" is very clear. The reason why the sutra is named "Taiping" is to realize the ideal "peaceful" world. For Taoism advocates the equality of mankind, peace ****, applied to the society between people, no blood race and status differences between lowly, has great positive significance. This Taoist view of life is undoubtedly great. Taoism's ideal human relationship is to "love and care for each other, and to be related to each other". To be in harmony with love and compassion" means to be equally compassionate to both the physical self and the other self, and to be "compatible with the physical self". Taoism believes that the universe, heaven and earth, human beings and all things are born of Tao. Therefore, Taoism advocates no killing of living beings. The principle of "different bones become relatives" means that people who are not related by blood are treated as if they were blood relatives. In order to achieve this, Taoism requires people to be fragrant, not to kill, not to harm, not to be cynical, not to be envious, not to lust, not to steal, not to covet, not to hate, not to hate women, not to speak in vain, and not to speak in a bad voice. In this way, it can be "national security and abundance of people", "happy and peaceful". Therefore, Taoism takes "compassion" among the three treasures (compassion, frugality, and not being the first in the world) of Taishang (Lao Tzu) as the basic principle of interpersonal relationships. In short, with regard to the value of the individual in society, Taoism emphasizes the equality of all beings and advocates compassion, love and goodness. (d) Taoism's view of ideal values Ideal is the goal to strive for. Ideal value is the highest value of the goal. Like other religions, Taoism also has its own ideal conditions and pursuits. The ideal state advocated and pursued by Taoism is twofold. The first is to establish a peaceful, non-contentious, equal and free society in the secular, real world according to the teachings of Taoism. This ideal social landscape is depicted in many places in the early Taoist classic Da Ping Jing. In practicing this doctrine of "peace", later Taoists manifested themselves as benefiting the world and helping people in terms of their actions in the human world. Therefore, "benefiting the world and helping others" has become the goal of Taoists in the world. Another ideal state pursued by Taoism is the "Immortal Land". There, there is "no competition", "no pride", "no jealousy", "no matchmaking", "no marriage", "no plowing", "no weaving", "no illness", "no death", and all day long they sing to each other, free and happy. Through cultivation, a person can go to the fairyland to live the life of an immortal when he has attained immortality. Therefore, "attaining immortality" has become the goal of Taoists in the world. In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to practice Taoist arts and crafts, to cultivate both life and death, and to stabilize the spirit and solidify the form. Taoism practiced a lot of Taoist techniques, such as the Cun Si, fetal breath, external Dan, internal Dan, vomiting, qi, Pai Gok, Bun Festival, etc., of which, the internal Dan is the practice of Taoist techniques in the ideal cultivation methods. In the Chinese land, since the Yellow Emperor asked "Road" in Guangchengzi (the old man turned) and cultivation began, thousands of years, or submerged under the rock, or people thatched nunnery, or on the hut, or live in the palace, abiding by the study of the bitter spirit of cultivation can not be counted. Throughout history, people are eager to pursue health and longevity and immortality, from this, in this sense, Taoism, regardless of its form of what kind of change, and the essence of her? Nutrition? will exist forever along with mankind and benefit mankind forever. The attitudes and basic principles of Taoism towards society and life are also important elements of Taoism's concept of life. All of these originate from the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu, who is the first Taoist teacher in the world. Below, selections are introduced. (I) Naturalness and non-activity 1. Laozi puts forward the concept of "nature" to explain "Tao" and "virtue". The nature of the Tao is natural, people should act according to the "Tao", and "nature" as a social life attitude and basic principles. Chapter 25 of Laozi says: "Man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature." This means that all things born of the Tao and the activities of heaven, earth and man should be governed by "natural inaction". The so-called "nature" is the way it is, the way it naturally is. In chapter 51 of Laozi, it is added: "The Tao is honored, the virtue is noble, and the order of the Tao is always natural." It is believed that everything in the universe is natural, and people should follow their original nature and not act intentionally. We often hear the phrase "follow nature" or "go with the flow of nature", and "go with the flow of nature" is derived from the ideas of Laozi. Taoists follow the teachings of Laozi, the founder of Taoism, and use them as a guideline for living in the world. 2. Chapter 37 of the Tao Te Ching says, "The Tao always does nothing." That "Tao" is the essence of the word Zeus, from the process of generation, is natural, without any externally imposed force, so that the "Tao" is "nothing"; but from the results of the generation of all things, everything is born by the "Tao", so it can be said that the "Tao" is "nothing". The saint is the ideal personality form that Lao Tzu has been trying to delineate, and one of the elements of his personality is the saint's inaction. (In addition, the sage does not fight, the sage treats others with charity, and the sage emphasizes quietness and abandons impatience.) The Tao Te Ching repeatedly elaborates on this most basic characteristic of the sage personality: "The sage does nothing, practices unspeakable teachings, makes everything without resignation, gives birth to something without having it, works without holding it, and accomplishes something without living in it."" The saint said: I do nothing and the people are white, I am good and quiet and the people are quiet, I do nothing and the people are rich, I have no desire and the people are simple."" The sages do not rely on the people, and they do not want to see the wise." These words all show that the characteristics of "the Tao of law" and "the Tao of constant inaction" are distinctly embodied in the personality of the sage. It is worth pointing out that the sage's "doing nothing" is only a means to an end, which still lies in "doing something". The unity of the two is manifested in "doing nothing without doing nothing". If the sages only "do nothing", it will lose its meaning. In short, "Wu Wei" requires individuals to take the "Tao" as the law, conform to nature, and not to act arbitrarily and presumptuously. (II) Softness and non-competition 1. "Softness" is the human attitude advocated by Laozi. In the Tao Te Ching, an attentive person has made statistics: in addition to the word "soft and weak" used in five places in three chapters, the word "soft" appears six times in six chapters, and the word "weak" appears five times in five chapters***. Therefore, there is a saying that "Laozi valued softness"; "Han Shu, Yiwen Zhi? The Han Book, Arts and Letters?" also believes that Laozi's outlook on life is "to keep oneself pure, and to be humble and weak to hold oneself." According to Laozi, in nature, newborn things are always weak, and weak newborn things are full of vitality and vigor, so "weakness" is the natural law of "life". Lao Tzu teaches us to remain in a state of tranquility. Some people think this is a sign of weakness, but it is not. Because, Lao Tzu advocates to keep soft and weak not for the sake of keeping soft and weak, but for the sake of "softness" to overcome "strength". Taking water as an example, Laozi confirms the truth of "softness wins over strength", saying, "There is nothing so soft and weak as water in the world, and there is nothing so strong as water, and there is nothing so easy about it" (Chapter 78). If a person is clear about this, he will not do the stupid thing of "touching the stone with the egg", but will "retreat for advancement, and overcome the hard with the soft." Taoism is a great advocate of "softness". Laojun twenty-seven precepts" in the "line of inaction, line of softness, line guard female do not move first" for the top three lines; "Taoism five precepts and ten good" in the "tolerance tolerance" for one of the ten good; "Laojun Chong Hundreds of Drugs" in the "weak and soft" for a drug. On the contrary, Taoism takes "strength" as a precept. In the Twelve Precepts of Hwa Hsieh, it is said, "Do not be strong, when you can bend yourself; the strong will be destroyed first, and the strong will be bent first." Laojun said the hundred diseases, "that" force to win people "and" language desire to win people "are sick. In short, "softness" is a Taoist attitude of life and a valuable outlook on life.2. "Non-competition" is also an element of the sage's personality as portrayed by Laozi, as is "non-action". There are many references to "non-competition" in Laozi. In Chapter 7, it is said, "The sage is after his body but before it, and outside his body but within it." In Chapter 20, it is said, "The sage holds one for the world; he does not see himself, therefore he is clear; he does not cut himself, therefore he is successful; he does not boast, therefore he is long." In Chapter 66, it is said, "The sage is at the top and the people are not heavy, at the front and the people are not harmed." In Chapter 72, it says, "The sage knows himself and does not see himself; he loves himself and does not honor himself." It is precisely because of this virtue of non-competition that the sage is able to achieve the effect that "no one in the world is able to compete with him". The sage does not compete also includes not competing for material enjoyment, so the "Laozi" said: "the sage to go even, go luxury, go Thai", "the sage wants not to want, wood expensive rare goods", "the sage does not accumulate". It is worth pointing out that the Taoist "do not compete" is not a hand in vain, nothing to do, but not with the world to compete with the world of fame and fortune, glory and wealth, etc., for the natural operation of the laws of the natural way of life, we must do our best to do, in order to show the "Divine Principle". For example, Taoism believes that through cultivation (Taoism), not only the spirit can be sublimated, but also the physical life can be long-lived and long-sighted, so it breaks the law, changes the law, overcomes the difficulties, and fights with the merciless destiny, and for this reason, and puts forward the slogan of "My destiny is mine, and does not belong to heaven and earth". This is the "fight" of Taoism, and it is also the greatest "fight" of Taoism. Other than that, it is to "strive" for merits. All in all, Laozi's teaching of "non-competition" is a request for people to follow the Divine Principles of the world and not to force themselves to do anything. Non-competition" is a kind of Taoist human attitude and a noble outlook on life. In addition, there are also the false hope, selflessness, for but not have, and so on, it is difficult to detail here. Taoism's concept of life, involving a wide range of profound, here only on the main content of an introduction. Through the Taoist concept of life, we can see that Taoism is a love of life, love of life, love of peace, love of all religions.