Traditional Culture, Sinology: Why "deliberately plant flowers but not grow them, unintentionally plant willows into shade"

Liang Yan suggested that the ultimate essence of language is energy, the function of energy is awakening, and the awakened life has temperature and meaning.

There are many real experiences in work and life, such as doing something "unintentionally" or doing something like that, but the result is wonderful beyond our expectation. We often refer to this phenomenon as "inadvertently inserting willow into the shade."

Apart from the "lucky" factor we think, is there anything else in "Liu" that deserves our consideration and study?

Beneficial and useful. Utilization rate, what is profit and what is utilization?

"A gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness", which proves that righteousness is very useful and important, but why do you often "forget righteousness for profit"?

What is the relationship between benefit and use?

In the eleventh chapter of Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu continued to use three examples of "wheels, utensils and houses" to talk about the dialectical relationship between "nothing" and "being".

Reality and nothingness, the study of this chapter, is of great significance for us to confuse form and content, phenomenon and essence in our daily life, so that we often put the cart before the horse.

Including helping us understand and deal with the relationship between "useless health and happiness" and "beneficial money and power" ...

If you plant flowers with your heart, you won't send them. If you don't send them, you will have shade.

It depends on what this "heart" is.

What are "intentional" and "unintentional"?

The result of a happy reunion may have accidental external factors, but from the internal mechanism, it must conform to the "Tao", that is, the laws of nature.

30 spokes * * * a hub 1, when it doesn't have 2, there is a car.

Think of device 3 as useless and useful.

The chisel door 4 is a house, and when there is no house, there is a house.

Therefore, thinking is beneficial, but thinking is not.

To annotate ...

1? Spoke: a piece of wood in a wheel that connects the center of the axle with the rim. In ancient times, a wheel was made up of thirty spokes, which was taken from the number of months (the 30th of each month). Hub (π ψ): the round hole in the center of the wheel where the axle is inserted.

2? None: refers to the hollow part of the hub.

3? Shān: And. (zhí): Ground. Make tableware with clay.

4? Household (yǒu): doors and windows.

translate

Thirty spokes converge into a hub, and only with the hollowed-out part of the hub can the car play its role.

Mixed pottery clay is used to make utensils, and with the hollowing out of the utensils, it has the function of utensils.

Digging doors and windows to build a house, with hollow walls of doors and windows, has the function of a house.

Therefore, "having" brings convenience to people, and "not having" plays a role.

Appreciate and comment

"If you think it's good, you think it's useless." Here's "yes" and "nothing" and the first chapter "nothing is the beginning of heaven and earth; Being the mother of all things is different. In the first chapter, "Being" and "Nothing" refer to the phenomenal world and the ontological world, where "Being" refers to the physical object and "Nothing" is the negation of "Being". Most people only pay attention to real functions and ignore imaginary functions.

In this chapter, Lao Tzu explained that the hollow part of the wheel can make the shaft rotate, so that the car can run. Empty containers can hold things; Only when the room is empty can you live. So come to the conclusion that "nothing is useless". Laozi intends to explain: first, "being" and "nothing" are interdependent and mutually utilized; Second, intangible things can have a great effect, but it is not easy for ordinary people to perceive.

-Zong Yi's "Faithful Guo Xue Da Dian Lao Zi"

Ceng Shiqiang's explanation.

The eleventh chapter of Tao Te Ching talks about the great use of nothing: thirty spokes and a wheel hub, which can be used as a car when there is nothing. It should be clear to all that the greatest invention of mankind is actually the wheel. If we don't discover the function of the wheel, it may be difficult for human beings to make progress. Up to now, almost everything is related to the function of rotation. So I used wheels to inspire us to imagine.

Thirty spokes, but there are many spokes in the wheel, of course, not necessarily thirty. But no matter how many spokes there are, if there is no hollow shaft in the middle, they can't form a wheel. This hollow shaft is called a hub. Thirty spokes are gathered on a hollow shaft. "Nothing is empty, and the car is useful." It is precisely because of this hollow shaft that the car can rotate.

Think of it as a device. When it is useless, it will be useful. "Bang" is dirt. "Tim" means kneading. "cue" means kneading soil. As we all know, if a Potter wants to make pottery, he must first bring the clay, pick up the broken things inside, and then knead it into a clay ball before making utensils. But no matter what you do, it's useless if there is no room for things in that container.

For example, a square thing can't hold anything. Therefore, because it has that seemingly empty space, it is "useful" and has the function of holding things as containers.

Carve the family into a room, and when it has nothing, it has a room. The craftsmen cut the doors and windows because there is such a large internal space that people and things can go in and out. This room is effective. If everything in this room is so full that even people can't get in, then there is no function available.

So Lao Tzu told us that when looking at the atrium, "when there is nothing, there is room for it." Let's see how much space there is. We can put a bed or two beds in it. Can we separate it for meeting guests? "There is room available", and the function of atrioventricular is the part without room. However, most people only attach importance to the role of "being", but completely ignore the value of "nothing".

Therefore, Lao Tzu reminds us: Therefore, thinking is beneficial and thinking is useless. "Yes" only gives us convenience, but what is really used for us is "No". Therefore, it is advisable for contemporary people to learn from Laozi's lessons. When we see what exists, we should think of what does not exist. We must think deeply before we know that the essence of use is "nothing" rather than "being". This is unintentional, but intentional.

The ancients were able to appreciate this profound philosophy because of the Tao Te Ching. It tells us that "you" and "nothing" are born together and come out together. They are the same kind of things and cannot be separated. Yes, if there is no "nothing", it is useless; Nothing, not without "yes". Therefore, no plan is of great use, and it doesn't make sense.

"Unintentional use" means that when a person is unintentional, the function of that heart will be greatly exerted. So, whether people are interested or not, we really need to know about it. If you think hard, most of what you think is biased. People who have no heart will conform to the laws of nature. To be kind to others unintentionally is to be kind to others sincerely. Intention is called scheming, and scheming is mostly biased

Things have nothing to do with God. After people have something, they can't connect with God. Because I see things every day, how can I notice God? This god is not necessarily the god we worship now, but the part that people can't see clearly, trance and incredible.

From this point of view, Lao Tzu is telling us that from now on, we should not only see the "yes" part, but also pay attention to the "no" part, which is really useful. So what should we do? Lao Tzu told us to learn from foreign countries to support China. "Extravagance" means putting an end to all temptations from the outside world. "Cultivating the middle" means cultivating an invisible but eternal conscience.

We used to have a conscience, but strangely, our conscience disappeared as soon as we were tempted by the outside world. When we didn't see the money, we felt that we should do our duty. But when we see money, those four words are familiar to everyone and are called greed. As soon as my eyes opened, my conscience ran behind me. Therefore, "raising China from abroad" is the best basic skill for us to cultivate ourselves.

-"Ceng Shiqiang's Detailed Interpretation of Tao Te Ching: Tao Ching"

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