Detailed Explanation of the Tao Te Ching of the Book of Tao Te Ching Chapter 1

Detailed Explanation of the Tao Te Ching of the Book of Tao Te Ching Chapter 1

Original phrase:

Tao, but also, non-Heng Dao also; name, can be named also, non-constant name also. None, the name of the beginning of all things; there is, the name of the mother of all things. Therefore, there is no desire, to look at its gaze, and to have a desire to look at what it is. The two are the same, the same name is the same stomach, the Xuanzhi has the Xuan, and the door of the eyes.

Text Definition:

Tao: The original meaning is the great road of the four links. Roads are strips of a certain width that people have come out of or made to connect two locations. A road or road can guide people from one place to another. "Tao" is the original word for "guide". Because the "Tao" has the role of "guiding", the ancients called the thing that "guides" all things (the source of all things) "Tao". In the same way, "guiding" people's mental activities with sound or words is also called "Tao". Therefore, the basic meaning of "Tao" is "guidance." Tao, guide, speak. The Tao, the Great Road, the Source of All Things. ◇ Taoism is a doctrine that studies the origin of all things. The "Tao" in Taoism refers to the source of all things, the name given to the source of all things. Does everything have a source? What is the source of all things?

Butdo: It can be described in words.

Non-Heng Dao: ◇ Non, as opposed to "is", is often used before the noun, which is a negation of the object; indicating that this thing is "not" that thing; such as non-iron, not horse. "No" is often used before the verb, which is a negation of the action; such as not hitting, not moving, not daring. ◇ Constant, never change, not born and not destroyed. ☆ It is not the source of all things that are immortal and immortal.

First name: Name, what people call things; name, name. First name, naming, naming, definition. In essence, all words or symbols invented by humans are meant to represent some kind of "information", which is the naming of "information". For the exact meaning of the information, see Reason and Wisdom.

None: The common meaning is the negation of "being", that is, there is no, no space, and no space. The meaning of "nothing" here is "the beginning of all things". "The beginning of nameless things" means "nothing is the name of the beginning of all things" or "name the beginning of all things nothing". The "beginning of all things," i.e., "nothingness," is a thing, a "non-being"; it is only that the nature of this thing is the opposite of "being". Do not simply understand "nothing" here as "none", otherwise you will never understand the Tao Te Ching. ◇ The meaning of "no" is "non-existence"; the meaning of "non-existence" is "not the existence of 'being'". For example, if matter is "being," then the immaterial electromagnetic field is "non-being", that is, "nothingness". As for the "nothing" in the Tao Te Ching, where the meaning is "no" and where the meaning is "non-existence" must be judged according to the words before and after.

Yes: Pictograms and ideographs, and the oracle bone uses the "hand holding meat" graphic to indicate "yes". The precise meaning of "have" is the existence that occupies space. The "being" here is Lao Tzu's name for "the mother of all things", a basic existence that is contrary to the nature of "nothingness". Lao Tzu believed that "nothingness" and "being" are the most basic primitive beings that constitute all things, are immortal and immortal, that is, the source of all things. "Nothing" and "being" are both beings, but "nothing" does not occupy space, and "being" occupies space. Modern science has proven that there is indeed a "spaceless" existence in the universe, that is, electromagnetism (electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic waves).

Desire: Will mean the word, using "something missing in the valley" to mean "need to be enriched". An empty stomach produces the idea of eating, known as "appetite." The basic meaning of desire is to want. Wanting drives people to do things, so "wanting to do something" is also desire.

眇: The original meaning refers to one eye less, with one eye. Because of "seeing with one eye" it is not clear and extended to be small, tiny; subtle, slightly squinting. Since the nature of things is determined by the "subtlety" that makes up things, it is the "wonderful place" of things; therefore, in ancient times, "squinting" was "wonderful", and "micro-squinting" became "subtle". ◇ The original meaning of magic is magic and kitkat; by extension, beauty and good. The essence is that people feel "magical" because they can't see the "subtlety" of things. Therefore, the meaning of 眇 and 妙 is similar, and both have the meaning of "subtle".

Jiào:形声字; from the mouth, from 敫, 敫 also sound. "敫" means "to spread from one point to a vast space". The combination of "mouth" and "敫" means that "the sound emitted by the mouth spreads to the surrounding space". The original meaning is to shout. Since the sound of shouting will spread to the surrounding space and gradually disappear, the meaning of "噭" here refers to "the process of change of things from generation to disappearance". What is the process of change of things from birth to disappearance? What is the process of change in a person from birth to death? That's what people care about most.

Xuan: Can mean words, the appearance of two silk threads entangled. Use "entangled" to mean "interacting". The original meaning of Xuan is interaction. Curiously, later generations do not seem to understand its meaning, interpreting it as "black" and thus "profound"; thus unable to understand the Tao Te Ching. Because "interaction" is an important part of the Tao Te Ching. "Metaphysics" is the doctrine of "interaction" research.

Sentence meaning detailed:

Tao, but also, non-Heng Dao also; name, can be named also, non-constant name also.

The origin of all things can be described in words, but (the source of all things described in words) is not the source of all things that is immortal and immortal; things have names, and people can name things, but the meaning of the name is not eternal.

This sentence clarifies the reasons and reasons why Lao Tzu renamed the Tao.

Lao Tzu told people that the names of things are named by people in language or words, and that the meaning of names and names is mutable. People can give different names to the same thing, or they can give different things the same name. For example, there are many people named "Zhang San", but the people referred to by "Zhang San" are different. For another example, the ancient meaning of "walking" is now "running". Simply put, the meaning of a word or name may be changed during the process of transmission. This is a historical fact.

Why did Lao Tzu "rename" the Tao? Because the predecessors have already named "Dao" with "Yin and Yang", that is, "Yi" said: "One yin and one yang is the Tao." At that time, people's understanding of "yin and yang" was already ambiguous; that is, the meaning of "yin and yang" that people understood was no longer the meaning of "yin and yang" as previous generations said. Therefore, Lao Tzu no longer uses the name "yin and yang", but gives a new name to the "Tao", that is, "nothingness".

None, the name of the beginning of all things; there is, the name of the mother of all things.

"Nothing" is the name given to the "beginning of all things", and "being" is the name given to the "mother of all things".

The beginning of all things and the mother of all things are the source of all things. "Nothing" and "being" are the new names that Lao Tzu gave to the origin of all things, replacing the original "yin" and "yang".

Lao Tzu told people that the source of all things (Heng Dao), which is immortal and immortal, is composed of two things: "nothingness" and "being.". That is to say, the two things of "nothingness" and "being" are "originally existing, immortal and immortal" in the universe; all things are born of "nothing" and "being", so they are the "first mother" of all things.

What does "nothing" refer to? What does "being" refer to? Lao Tzu did not tell people explicitly, but only to tell people how to discover them, to describe their relationship. Fortunately, after thousands of years of exploration, human beings have finally unveiled the mystery of "nothing" and "being".

Therefore, there is no desire, to look at its gaze, and to have a desire to look at what it is.

Therefore, what the immortal "nothing" wants to do is to examine the mystery of "nothing"; what the immortal "being" wants to do is the trick to examining the process of change of "being" from birth to disappearance.

Lao Tzu told people that the "nothingness" and "being" that are immortal and immortal have "desires"; by examining their desires, that is, by examining what they want to do and what they are doing, they can discover their mysteries. Facts have proved that human beings have slowly come to understand everything in the universe by examining what they "want to do and what they are doing" (that is, the change of motion) and finding the "reason for the change of movement" of things, and then discovering the origin of all things. In fact, human beings have long discovered what kind of existence the "Tao" is. Unfortunately, although human beings have discovered what "nothing" and "being" are, they have not been able to sum it up or dare not believe it. Therefore, it is still impossible to understand the Tao Te Ching, and it is difficult to do things according to reason.

Both "nothingness" and "being" have "desire"; this has always been ignored by people, unimaginable to people before, and one of the reasons why people cannot understand the Tao Te Ching. What is their "desire"? First, understand how Lao Tzu describes the nature and relationship between "nothingness" and "being."

The two are the same, the same name is the same stomach, the Xuanzhi has the Xuan, and the door of the eyes.

The two things "nothing" and "being" arise at the same time, saying that they are two parts of the same thing, of opposite nature, of different names, that interact and interact with each other, and that they are the gates of the mysteries of heaven and earth.

This is Lao Tzu's simple description of the nature and relationship of "nothingness and existence". This sentence is extremely important.

"Nothing" and "being" not only appear at the same time, but are two different parts of different properties that make up the same existence, but also give rise to interactions. All things are the product of the interaction and interaction of "nothingness" and "being".

Is there really such a thing in the universe? There is, humanity has found it. See the in-depth analysis that follows.

Vernacular translation:

The origin of all things can be described in words, but (the source of all things described in words) is not the source of all things that is immortal and immortal; things have names, and people can name things, but the meaning of the name is not eternal. "Nothing" is the name given to the "beginning of all things", and "being" is the name given to the "mother of all things". Therefore, what the immortal "nothing" wants to do is to examine the mystery of "nothing"; what the immortal "being" wants to do is the trick to examining the process of change of "being" from birth to disappearance. The two things "nothing" and "being" arise at the same time, saying that they are two parts of the same thing, of opposite nature, of different names, that interact and interact with each other, and that they are the gates of the mysteries of heaven and earth.

In-depth analysis:

The reason why the Tao Te Ching has a profound impact on human beings is that the truth in it is completely in line with the facts. While it's hard to fully understand, some of these truths are instructive. With the progress of human science and technology, we finally discovered what Lao Tzu called "nothing" and "being". There are indeed two kinds of beings in the universe that "do not occupy space" and "occupy space".

★ Modern science has found that the fundamental particles that make up everything are protons and electrons (neutrons are particles that hold protons and electrons together, and neutrons can decompose into protons and electrons in their free state). Protons are composed of two parts of opposite properties, different names, and indivisible, namely, the material part that "occupies space" and the electromagnetic field part that "does not occupy space". The same goes for electronics. Protons and protons act "mutually exclusively" through electromagnetic fields, as do electrons; that is, "same-sex repulsions". The interaction between protons and electrons through the electromagnetic field occurs "mutual attraction"; that is, "opposite sex attraction". The "desire" of the proton is to radiate the electromagnetic field, the "desire" of the electron is to absorb the electromagnetic field, and the "desire" of the electromagnetic field is to connect matter and make the interaction between matter occurs. What's even more interesting is that modern science has proven that both protons and electrons are immortal.

Obviously, the "material part that occupies space" of protons and electrons is what Lao Tzu called "permanence", and the "electromagnetic field part that does not occupy space" is what Lao Tzu called "permanence". Because these two things are exactly the same as Lao Tzu described, and it turns out that everything is made up of these two things. If we use the name of modern man; then "nothing" is "electromagnetic", and "being" is "matter". Electromagnetism and matter are the source of all things, the "Tao." For a detailed argument, please refer to the "Truth and Wisdom" written by the contemptible person (because the content is beyond people's cognition, a publishing house that dares to publish has not yet been found; the first draft has only been published in the WeChat public account).

The reason why the meaning of yin and yang is misunderstood. "One yin and one yang is the Tao." The original meaning of "yin" should refer to the "invisible" part, and the "yang" should refer to the "visible" part. Since people find that among the "visible" things, there is a widespread phenomenon of "contradiction", "same-sex repulsion, opposite-sex attraction", such as female and male animals; so it is normal to call males "yang" and females "yin". In the same way, protons can be called "yang" and electrons can be called "yin". This is why people misunderstand yin and yang. Simply put, people have understood "yin and yang" as "contradictions."

Causes of yin and yang or contradiction. If we call "protons that radiate electromagnetic fields" "yang" and "electrons that absorb electromagnetic fields" "yin"; then we understand the causes of yin and yang or contradiction. It is radiation and electromagnetic absorption that produce a relationship between all things that "same-sex repulsion and opposite-sex attraction", resulting in yin and yang or contradiction.

★ "Tao, virtue, nothingness, and being" are the four most difficult words in the Tao Te Ching to understand. It is precisely because it is difficult for people to understand what the object of these four words refers to, so no one in the past and the present can fully understand the Tao Te Ching, or even think that they are tampering with the Tao Te Ching.

None: The basic existence that does not occupy space, that is, the electromagnetic field.

Yes: The basic existence that occupies space, that is, matter.

Matter refers specifically to the part of space occupied by protons and electrons. Everything else that occupies space is called an "object." Matter has a "yin and yang" distinction, the substance that radiates the electromagnetic field is the "yang substance", that is, the proton; the substance that absorbs the electromagnetic field is the "yin matter", that is, the electron. Protons and electrons are the source of all things. Therefore, the saying that "one yin and one yang is the Tao" is also feasible.

Dao: "The interaction caused by matter through radiation or absorption of electromagnetic fields" gives rise to all things, which is the source of all things. Thus, the full meaning of "Tao" is "the interaction of matter through radiation or absorption of electromagnetic fields." "Interaction" is the core. Without "interaction", there can be no movement and change and development, and there can be no heaven and earth and all things.

★ Electromagnetism is what modern philosophy calls "spirit." Because modern science has found that the essence of the thinking activity of the human brain is electromagnetic activity; the essence of "spirit" is "electromagnetism". "Spirit" is not unique to human beings, but is unique to all things in the universe; only the complexity is different.

At this point, we now understand what "Tao, Non-being, and Being" are, and the meaning of "virtue" is explained later. From this, we can understand the Tao Te Ching and display the message that Lao Tzu passed to mankind in its entirety.

★ In the ancient times when science and technology were extremely underdeveloped, why could Lao Tzu discover the origin of all things? This is a question that deserves people's deep consideration.