A hundred kinds of wisdom in reading history ‖ Taoism ‖ Shui Rou is benevolent.

The wisdom of Taoism is the cleverest thought in China's traditional culture.

Confucianism pays attention to unshakable principles in dealing with people and things, and even sacrifices itself for principles; Legalists all advocate that the colder everything is, the better.

These schools all advocate toughness, but Taoism, on the contrary, is the core idea of Taoism.

Confucius once said in The Analects that "the benevolent enjoys Leshan and the wise enjoys water". As a wise man, Lao Tzu seems to like water very much and often uses it to explain some truths. Laozi said: "goodness is like water, and water is the goodness of all things."

Confucius said from the Confucian point of view that water has five virtues-"virtue, righteousness, virtue, courage and law", all of which seem to be related to Confucian ethics. Taoism values that water is always downward, always humble and not the best in the world. This downward trend is humility. The more humble, the more admired, and therefore more powerful.

In addition, water is soft and can be filled in any container, which is particularly adaptable. A square is a square, and a circle is a circle. Therefore, Lao Tzu said: "The world is weak, nothing is better than water, and it cannot be defeated by the strong, nor can it be defeated." In other words, everything in the world is weaker than water, but nothing can beat it in overcoming power. Water changes them by the power of flowing.

Taoism believes that "if you want to be strong, you will be soft, and if you want to be strong, you will be weak." And "weak is better than strong, soft is better than strong, which is well known all over the world." In other words, seemingly weak softness can often overcome seemingly strong rigidity, and softness is the way. In fact, everyone understands this truth, but not many people do it.

Lao Tzu also said, "If the army is strong, it will be destroyed, and if the wood is strong, it will be folded. The weak will live and the strong will die. " Simply put, the weakest may live the longest, and the strong may die quickly.

For example, in Tai Ji Chuan, the combination of rigidity and rigidity makes Tai Chi impeccable.

Combining rigidity with softness is the way of life, and it's hard to hit hard and lose both sides, so take a step back and broaden the horizon. Many times, showing weakness can make opponents feel safe psychologically, and they are easy to be despised and ignored, but they will achieve unexpected success.

For example, the story of Chu State. The king of Chu made fun of Yan Zi's short stature. Yan Zi replied, "We kings of Qi sent the most capable people to the wisest monarch and the most useless people to the worst monarch. I was the most worthless in Qi State and was sent to Chu State. In the face of the ridicule of the king of Chu, Yan Zi didn't give tit for tat, but followed his words and deliberately belittled himself. This method of taking retreat as progress, combining rigidity with softness, made the king of Chu unable to insult Yan Zi, but was laughed at by people.

My qq signature for a period of time is "the moon light will not change, and the sword will not change." I am quite proud of my perseverance. Later, I changed it to "all beings have no self, and happiness follows fate."

Now my signature is "No matter how hard it is, you will say it with a smile one day".

Have I also experienced the change of "seeing mountains, water, mountains, not water, mountains, water, water or water"? Ha ha laugh ...

Anyway, life is a tough battle. You can only learn the wisdom of Taoism for a long time.