Chapter 10 of the Tao Te Ching: How to understand the state of infant .

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-29

Small preface

Da Chunlu interprets the Tao Te Ching, and each chapter refers to more than a dozen ancient and modern versions, not for plagiarism, but to understand whether the interpretation of the predecessors is reasonable. If any of the interpretations are perfect in the eyes of Da Chun Lu, then it must be plagiarized directly from the original. It's a pity that, except for the most understandable chapters, I haven't seen any chapters that can be interpreted into the eyes of Dachun Green.

I had to do it myself.

It is not easy to correct Mr. Lao Tzu's name, but I hope Lao Tzu can give Da Chun Green some dark coins to chat as comfort.

1. Original text of Chapter 10

Carry the camp and hug one, can it be inseparable?

Single-minded and soft, can be a baby

Eliminate the mystery, can it be flawless?

Love the people and govern the country, can you do nothing?

When the gate of heaven is opened and closed, can it be a female?

Understand Sida, can you be ignorant?

The animals that are born are born but do not have, are not ashamed, and are long but not slaughtered, which is for Xuande.

2. Translation and Analysis

1. Section I

Carry the camp and hug one, can it be inseparable?

Translation

The body carries the soul and adheres to the "one" way of life, (camp spirit and "one") can the two not be separated?

Resolution

a. "Carry the camp" and "hold one" are two kinds of behavior, two things, not two nouns!

Almost all interpretations translate it this way: "Can the body and soul become one, without separation?"”

Huh. It takes a retardation to be so funny - you might as well separate the two!

Teacher Yu Qiuyu is more advanced, which translates as: "The soul is one, can it not be separated?"."Excuse me: How do they fit?How to divide it?

Didn't you see that Chapter 22 has "It is a saint to hold one for the world"?——Have these old men not finished reading the Tao Te Ching for 2,500 years?

b. What is "one"?This is a complex concept, and even Lao Tzu himself has not been able to find a word that can fully convey the meaning!

"One", its essence is "nothing", that is, "yin", that is, "void", that is, "ceres", that is, "Xuanyi";The specific performance is "under the bottom", that is, "indisputable", that is, "soft", that is, "weak", that is, "quiet" ......

At present, I have not found a single word that can cover all of the above meanings, and if you use "nothing", "yin", and "void", you will not be able to completely achieve the meaning.

Therefore, the word "one" can only be translated as "one"!

- The so-called can only be understood but not spoken!

c. In this subsection, the general chapter is complete:

"Hug one", "hug" is to stick to it, to insist.

The following babies, flawlessness, females, inaction, and ignorance all belong to the category of "one"!

d. Many people interpret "one" as "Tao", and the understanding is the Tao. However, if this interpretation is correct, then I would like to ask: "Tao begets one, life begets two, two begets three", and what is the relationship between "Dao" and "one"?Can you draw an equal sign?

Hehe.

2. Section II

Single-minded and soft, can be a baby

Eliminate the mystery, can it be flawless?

Love the people and govern the country, can you do nothing?

When the gate of heaven is opened and closed, can it be a female?

Understand Sida, can you be ignorant?

Translation

Can you adjust your heart and reach a weak state, like a baby?

Reflect on and clean your heart, can you be flawless?

Caring for the people and governing the country, can we make the people do nothing?

No matter how open or close the heart door that is connected to the outside world, can it be weak?

understands things and has a clear heart, can you do it without scheming?

Resolution

a. The state of the infant is the state of the weakest place, that is, the state of no desire and no desire;The same should be true of people's "spirits."

Some people interpret "qi" as "breathing" and "snorting", which is understood as health preservation, which makes people cry and laugh. Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" is talking about the philosophy of life throughout the whole article, how can it be related to health preservation!

——A "heart", enough to boast that it is Lao Tzu's endorsement!

b. "Flaw" refers to the "dust of desire", that is, the side of "being", the side of "fighting", the side of "strength", and the side of "getting up".

- Lao Tzu advocates "no desire under weakness" throughout the text, so the meaning of "flaw" is, of course, the opposite!

c, the gate of heaven, the door of the heart. "Zhuangzi Heavenly Fortune": "The right one, the right one." If he thinks otherwise, the gate of heaven will be opened. Cheng Xuanyingshu: "If his heart can't be like this, the door of heaven will be opened." The gate of heaven, the heart also. ”

"Female", the state of weakness. Chapter Twenty-Eight: "Knowing its male, guarding its female, is the stream of the world." For the world's stream, Changde will not leave, and return to the baby", isn't this connected with the "female" and "baby"?

Babies are the weakest state of life, and "returning to babies" is to hope that people will return to the weakest state without desire.

"Female" means, of course, "under the weakness".

Those who translate "female" as maternal are because they have been alone for too long?

In this case, "Tianmen" can only correspond to the state of "female" if it is interpreted as "heart gate";If it is translated as "eyes, ears, mouth and nose", it cannot be connected with the weak and undemanding "female" sexual state!

d. The five points in this section are all "showing weakness", all "dealing with subordinates", and all "indisputable"!— They all belong to the "hug one"!

3. Section III

The animals that are born are born but do not have, are not ashamed, and are long but not slaughtered, which is for Xuande.

Translation

Giving birth to animals and raising all things, giving birth to them without possessing them, doing things without relying on them, and helping them grow without dominating them, this is the profound character of the mysteries.

Resolution

a, "no", "don't worry", "don't slaughter", all are

"Down" is all "indisputable"!—That is, the specific performance of the opening "hug one"!

b. It's all "outward" dedication, never "inward" to take, not what is Xuande?

Liu Xuande is worthy of his name in his life.

3. Summary of Translation

The body carries the soul and adheres to the state of "one", can the two not be separated?

Can you adjust your heart and reach a weak state, like a baby?

Reflect on and clean your heart, can you be flawless?

Caring for the people and governing the country, can we make the people do nothing?

No matter how open or close the heart door that is connected to the outside world, can it be weak?

understands things and has a clear heart, can you do it without scheming?

Giving birth to animals and raising all things, giving birth to them without possessing them, doing things without relying on them, and helping them grow without dominating them, this is the profound character of the mysteries.

IV. Conclusion

I have always been eager to have Taoist friends to give guidance and help together**, one person to interpret, so hard!

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