Why you need to look at Tao Te Ching first to spread Chinese culture?

Why do we need to look at Tao Te Ching before spreading Chinese culture?

Lao Zi, the founder of Taoism in the pre-Qin period, was the first philosopher recorded in Chinese history. He left behind the Tao Te Ching, a book of more than 5,000 words, which is the sacred text of wisdom for Chinese civilization. The Tao Te Ching has flowed through more than 000 people over the years and has endured for a long time, profoundly influencing Chinese culture and the thinking of the Chinese people, and many scholars are still studying and interpreting the profound ideas contained in the Tao Te Ching. Many foreigners have also been influenced by the thoughts of Laozi in Tao Te Ching.

Lao Zi to profoundly influence the thinking of the Chinese people, read traditional culture, first read the Tao Te Ching because he worshiped Lao Zi, so he gave himself a surname "Li". Because Laozi is Li name ear. What kind of influence did Laozi and Tao Te Ching have on Chinese culture and Chinese thinking? Jushi believes that there are three main aspects.

Lao Zi was the history of the Zhou royal family to keep the collection of the room, equivalent to the current director of the National Library and director of the National Archives. I don't know what I'm talking about, but I don't know what I'm talking about. Secondly, parents and reputation. Secondly, I'm scared. Secondly, insult it. Unbelievable, unbelievable. Easy words. After success, people say, I am natural. (Tao Te Ching, Chapter 17) The idea of "ruling by doing nothing" has not only influenced Taoist theories, but also profoundly influenced Confucianism and Legalism.

Two representative figures of Confucianism, Confucius and Mencius, likewise advocated ruling by doing nothing. For example, Confucius said:

The Zi said, "He who rules by doing nothing, his Shun is also. What is a husband? It is but to be respectful of oneself and correct the south" (Lunyu Wei Linggong ) Confucius could say that a holy king like Shun ruled without doing anything, and he believed that as long as he sat respectfully in the court, the world could be ruled greatly, and the people could live in peace and work in contentment. Confucius' way of doing nothing was to promote rituals and music, so that the monarch and his subjects could each stabilize their positions, and whoever did not rebel, the Son of Heaven could rule without doing anything.

Even in modern times, the idea of "ruling by doing nothing" still has significance. In the 18th century, the phrase "the laziest government is the best government" was circulating in the West. This saying is an echo of the phrase "rule by doing nothing", which is a different approach. The fact that Laozi put forward the idea of "ruling by doing nothing" in the 5th century BC, more than 2 000 years before Westerners, is proof of the greatness of Laozi's thinking. It is no wonder that many modern Western thinkers in contact with Laozi's "Tao Te Ching", its evaluation is very high, from which to absorb a lot of wisdom nutrients.