Laozi

Author: Zhu Liangzhi
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Chew on tradition, interpret the cultural genes we carry, and gain the wisdom and strength needed to move forward. Experience the ancient people's wisdom in handling life, their character, and the profound meaning hidden within. Selectively gathers the essence of traditional culture, covering philosophical classics, literary masterpieces, military stratagems, educational texts for young learners, and life wisdom.
Laozi's philosophy can be considered a "philosophy of women," filled with a gentle spirit, paying great attention to the soft and weak aspects. This has had a profound influence on the later emergence of Taoism. Laozi teaches that one should be like water when living in society. Choose to do humble tasks, as seeking fame and glory is vain, temporary, and not real. All acts of pursuing fame and profit are laughable, ultimately leading to failure. The way of life Laozi advocates is "unaffected by praise or disgrace." Later generations of Chinese people were influenced by this, even believing that "it is better to fear one's name being known." In Laozi's view, the mind should also be like water—vast and profound, like an ocean, capable of holding everything in its depths. In the lowest, flattest, and most tranquil places, it embraces all of the world.