10/24/24•Hislife•DaoismasPhilosophyoflaozi•DaoDeJing•PhilosophicalandReligousDaoism10/24/24•LuXunsaid:"ChinarootsdeepinTaoism.IfonewantstocomprehendChinesehistoryandculture,onemustcomprehendTaoismfirst."10/24/2410/24/24LiEr(李耳)BoYang(伯阳)LiDan(李聃)ElderDan(老聃)SeniorLord(老君)SeniorLordLi(李老君)SeniorLordTaishang(太上老君)TaoistLordLaoZi(老子道君)SupremeMysteriousandPrimordialEmperor(太上玄元皇帝)Names10/24/24LifeofLaozi•Home:QurenVillage,LITownship（厉乡曲仁里）,KuCountyinthestateofChu,inpresentdayLuyi（鹿里）,HenanProvince•Career:librarian(图书管理员),•archivist(案卷保管员）,•grandscribe（太史）•oldage：resignedfromofficialpostandlivedinseclusion(隐居）10/24/2410/24/2410/24/24Story:孔子适周，将问礼于老子。Once,ConfuciuswenttoZhouandconsultedwithLaozionritualmatters.10/24/24老子曰：“良贾深藏若虚，君子盛德、容貌若愚。去子之骄气与多欲，态色与淫志，是皆无益于子之身。”Laozi'sresponsewasacritiqueofConfucius'steachings.LaozitellsConfuciustogiveuphisstiffdeportmentandpridefulairs.孔子去，谓弟子曰：“鸟，吾知其能飞；鱼，吾知其能游；兽，吾知其能走。走者可以为罔，游者可以为纶，飞者可以为。至于龙吾不能知，其乘风云而上天。吾今日见老子，矰其犹龙邪！”ConfuciusisreportedtohavepraisedLaozi’swisdomandtohavecomparedhimtoadragonwhoseabilitieswerebeyondhisunderstanding.10/24/24Conclusion:1.HewasanarchivistorlibrarianattheroyalcourtofZhou;2.HewasvisitedbyConfuciusandtalkedaboutrites;3.Hepreachedtheretirementfromtheworld;4.Heleftthecourt,wrotetheDaodejing,anddisappearedwithoutatrace.10/24/24•Work：DaoDeJing《道德经》•Achievement：esteemedasaphilosopherbyConfucianists;asaint(圣人)orgodbythecommonpeopleofChina;adivinity(神)andtherepresentativeoftheDao•idea:DialecticalThought(辩证法思想)Noninterference(无为而治)•Thedualcultivation(性命双修)10/24/24Daoism:PhilosophyofLaoziDaoDeJinghasbeenstudiedbyliterarycriticsforcenturies,andhaveinfluencedeveryaspectinourlife10/24/24①Tao/Daotheimageofahairy,humanheadafootwalking"thewayoftheancients"10/24/24—Taoisundefinable,unlimited,andunnamable.道可道，非常道;名可名，非常名。无名，天地之始;有名，万物之母。—《道德经》第一章TheTaothatcanbetoldofisnottheeternalTao;Thenamethatcanbenamedisnottheeternalname.TheNamelessistheoriginofHeavenandEarth;TheNamedisthemotherofallthings.Thefeaturesof“Tao”:10/24/24TaogavebirthtotheOne;theOnegavebirthsuccessivelytotwothings,threethings,uptothenthousand.道生一，一生二，二生三，三生万物10/24/24DialecticalThought(辩证法思想)Fortruly,beingandnot—beinggrowoutofoneanother;Difficultandeasycompleteoneanother.Longandlowdetermineoneanother.Pitchandmodegiveharmonytooneanother.Frontandbackgivesequencetooneanother有无相生，难易相成，长短相形，高下相盈，音声相和，前后相随，恒也10/24/24InTaotheonlymotionisreturning;Theonlyusefulquality,weakness.Forthoughallcreaturesunderheavenaretheproductsofbeing,beingisitselfistheproductofNon-being反者道之动；弱者道之用。天下万物生于有，有生于无。10/24/24ManyofLaozi’senlighteningviewsarebasedonhisphilosophyofnaturalness(自然主义)andnon-action（无为）.10/24/24Naturalness自然主义；顺其自然Itreferstoanaturalstateofbeing,anattitudeoffollowingthewayofnature.Laoziemphasizedthateverythingintheworldhasitsownwayofbeinganddeveloping:birdsflyinthesky,fishswiminthewater,flowersbloomandflowersfall.Headmonishedpeopletogiveuponanydesirestocontroltheworld.10/24/2410/24/24★Waternourisheseve...
