I want to ruin the country
Chapter 277 Tao Te Ching
Yining Road,
"Boss, let me give you a suggestion!"
"Master, please give me your instructions!"
Yining Road,
"Just grilled lamb skewers is too simple. It won't attract customers after a while!"
The landlady said,
"Yeah, but what else can we grill if not lamb kebabs?"
Yining Road,
"You can roast anything: chicken heads, chicken hearts, chicken legs, chicken necks.
Gristle, tendon, yellow croaker, steamed buns, and giant squid with vegetables.
We also have lamb kidneys and pork kidneys. You can roast whatever you want, and people will buy whatever you roast!"
The boss lady was happy.
"Really, thank you for the reminder, sir. I'll ask the shopkeeper to prepare some more tomorrow!"
Qingxi thought to herself, the emperor not only understands military and national affairs, he also knows about the daily necessities of life. What is there that he doesn't understand?
Everyone started eating and drinking.
Yining didn't care about his image. He put a skewer of mutton into his mouth and basically finished it in one or two bites.
Qingxi ate like a lady, picking up the skewers and putting them into her mouth bit by bit, chewing slowly with her mouth closed, without making any sound!
Hongxiu was much more free and easy than her. She ate very quickly. She finished a skewer of mutton in just a few bites, leaving her cheeks covered with sesame seeds!
Yining Road,
"Xiu'er, slow down, no one is trying to snatch it from you!"
Hongxiu ate and said,
"I just feel like eating like Qingxi isn't enough!"
Yining laughed.
"She's a lady, nothing like you, you eat like a female bandit."
Hongxiu covered her face with a smile and said,
"Sir, Xiu'er was never like this before. You've spoiled her!"
Yining knew that Hongxiu was right, and he never cared about these things. He said,
"I don't care, you can eat it however you want, as long as you eat it.
But you should wipe your mouth, it's full of sesame seeds, you're almost like a harlequin cat!"
Several people laughed, and Hongxiu didn't feel embarrassed and said,
"Except Qingxi, you all have it on your lips!"
Everyone wiped their mouths quickly.
Hongxiu said,
"late!"
Chapter Chang Tian Dao,
"Qingxi has been eating like this since she was a child, never once has she been flustered!"
Qingxi said,
"I can't swallow it if I eat too fast!"
As they were talking, they talked about reading, and Yining asked Zhang Congzhi,
"What are you reading recently?"
Chapter Congzhidao,
"I've read a bit of both, but mainly the Tao Te Ching!"
"What do you understand?"
Chapter Congzhidao,
“I just feel like there are some things I can’t understand!”
Yining became interested.
"Tell me!"
Qingxi also stared at Zhang Congzhi with her clear big eyes. She liked reading and studying the most, but unfortunately she was a woman.
Chapter Congzhidao,
"Why do I feel that the Tao Te Ching is a bit confusing and unclear?
Everyone has their own opinions, and they all seem right, yet none of them seem relevant. Please teach me!"
Yining nodded.
"Recite the beginning of Morality for me!"
Zhang Congzhi went against the teachings,
"Road to Road, very Avenue.
Famous, very famous.
The beginning of the nameless heaven and earth, the name of the mother of all things.
Therefore, I always remain in the void, hoping to observe its wonders..."
In fact, except for Hongxiu, Iran Nuclear Peace and Iran Construction, everyone else here can recite the Tao Te Ching by heart.
After finishing reciting, Zhang Congzhi stopped and waited for the emperor to speak.
Yining Road,
"It's no wonder you can't understand. The version you memorized is totally wrong!"
"what?"
Several people were shocked. How could the "Tao Te Ching" that has been passed down for more than two thousand years be wrong!
Zhang Qingxi also looked at Yining with a puzzled expression, wondering in his heart whether the Tao Te Ching was really wrong, or whether the emperor was wrong.
If the Tao Te Ching is really wrong, why hasn't anyone pointed it out in a thousand or two thousand years?
It’s not necessarily true that the emperor was wrong. He is the emperor after all. How could he make such irresponsible statements without any basis?
Then I heard Yining say,
“It’s not a big mistake, but it’s enough to cloud people’s judgment and interpretation!
I'll recite a passage for you guys to listen to, what's the difference?"
Then he shook his head and said backwards,
"The Tao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name!"
He looked at everyone and asked,
"Did you hear anything?"
Qingxi said,
"Every sentence has an extra word 'ye'!"
Zhang Congzhi and Zhang Changtian were also surprised, and they also looked at the emperor.
Yining Road,
"The Daodejing you read has the Daojing first and the Dejing second, right?"
This is common sense, everyone knows it, and everyone answered in unison.
"Correct!"
Yining Road,
“In fact, the true Daodejing is that the Dejing comes first and the Daojing comes second.”
"what?"
Everyone was stunned. This didn't make sense. Tao Te Ching, Tao Te Ching. If the emperor was right, it should be the Tao Te Ching!
Virtue and Dao, becoming an immortal through virtue and Dao, ascending to heaven in broad daylight? Impossible, right?
But they didn't dare to question what the emperor said, and could only stare and listen to his next explanation.
Yining Road,
"The Tao Te Ching you read has been revised countless times."
Qingxi said,
"Why did someone change the Tao Te Ching? Is there any evidence?"
Yining Road,
"Of course there is evidence. Do you think the Tao Te Ching teaches about benevolence, righteousness, and morality?"
Zhang Congzhi shook his head first.
"no!"
Yining Road,
"But just based on the name, people who haven't read the book could easily misunderstand that the Tao Te Ching is about morality, right?"
No one denies this because they themselves have thought so before.
Yining said again,
"Actually, Lao Tzu's writing of the Tao Te Ching has nothing to do with morality; it simply talks about virtue and the Way."
Qingxi asked in a low voice,
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by virtue and morality?"
Yining Road,
"Let's talk about Tao first. What is Tao?
The Dao here refers to the principles of the existence and operation of all things in the universe. Do you understand?"
Zhang Congzhi asked,
"Some people don't explain it that way. They say,
'The Tao that can be expressed in words is not the eternal Tao, and the name that can be expressed in words is not the eternal name.
Nothingness is the beginning of heaven and earth, and existence is the root of all things.
Therefore, we should always observe the wonders of heaven and earth from nothingness, and always look for the traces of all things from existence.
Being and non-being are merely different names for the same source.
Both existence and non-existence are obscure and profound; they are the main gates of all changes.
It's so mysterious, like metaphysics!"
Yining nodded.
"This is closer to what Lao Tzu said. At least it talks about the universe, and it's not too far-fetched!"
Qingxi asked,
"What about virtue? Your Majesty, what is virtue?"
Yining Road,
"The virtue here does not refer to virtue. It means that after understanding the principles of the existence and operation of all things in the universe, one must also know the specific responses and solutions. This is virtue!
In other words, the Dao part is about theory, while the De part tells you how to do it, which is equivalent to teaching you how to do it in practice. Is that clear enough?
There was a glimmer of light in Zhang Congzhi's heart, but it was extinguished in an instant. There were still some things he couldn't figure out!
Qingxi said,
“I kind of understand!”
Yining smiled and said,
"Actually, I used to have the same confusion as you. It wasn't until I read the unedited Tao Te Ching that I suddenly understood!"
Qingxi asked hurriedly,
"What is right? Please tell me quickly!"
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