The Tao Te Ching is a work of Taoism, so why do you say it is not suitable for young people to read?

Because young people nowadays just can't read these rather raw books.

Why not read it? In Mr. Nanhuai's view, it's because traditional culture has become so far removed from this is era!

How did this distance come about? Although there are many reasons, the most fundamental is why do not understand the ancient books, at least three major changes

First, the modern era has been too much influenced by Western culture and began to promote the vernacular language. The divide in the language in which the ancient books were read would become a barrier to understanding the word. Young people who grew up reading and writing modern language, they are even more accustomed to speaking, reading and writing in the vernacular, there are few occasions to have the opportunity to use the ancient language, and without the use of the word will be even less able to read and understand.

The second is the reform of traditional Chinese characters to simplified words, and reading ancient Chinese characters will become an obstacle to the text.

The third is the dramatic change in the content of ancient and modern life. This potential cultural environment has changed and it has become a barrier to cultural understanding for Chinese people to read ancient Chinese or to read ancient texts. Secondly, in reality, the pace of life is so fast that there is no time or space left for children to read, especially such philosophical books.

How can you recommend it if you don't understand it? On the contrary, foreign literature is closer to the modern way of thinking and living, making it easier to understand.

Additionally, smartphones are such a big deal these days that very few people read paper books, let alone people seeing ancient ones?

This era is so rushed, people have so many desires to make money and enjoyment, where there is spirit to read?

In fact, this is a kind of sadness, now publicizing the study of traditional culture, learning Chinese history, in the long history of the river, the ancient books are really especially important, he is the record of history, is the precipitation and accumulation of culture, China's young generation, if they all go to read foreign books, I think it's also a thing to make the old ancestors cry.

But how to make young people collapse to read, to read a Tao Te Ching is also a thing that educationalists need to study.