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How to understand the ideological connotation of Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism in China traditional culture?

"Governing by doing nothing" is the most important political thought of Laozi, which holds that "Tao often does nothing without governing", "sage speaks by doing nothing" and "doing nothing without teaching". We can draw a basic view from Laozi's various explanations of "inaction", that is, the real purpose of inaction is "doing nothing without doing anything", that is, doing something. Inaction is just a means, a strategy. The feudal rulers "govern by doing nothing" in order to consolidate their political rule. Our party implements the policy of "giving more, taking less and letting loose" in rural areas, and it also has the ideological connotation of "governing by doing nothing". The enlightenment of the thought of "governing by doing nothing" to the development of socialist market economy lies in respecting the laws of economic and social development, making full use of the "invisible hand" of the market to self-regulate the economy and reducing unnecessary human intervention. Only when the market fails and the market is missing can the government stand at the front desk. If the planned economy is a "promising economy", the market economy is a "inaction economy". "Doing nothing" means governing the country like cooking small fresh food, and "doing nothing" can achieve "doing everything".