What is the original text of Laozi's inaction thought?
Lao Tzu saw that the rulers at that time were incompetent, but he was overjoyed and arrogant. As a result, the people were in trouble, wasting people's money, and it never rains but pours. In this case, Lao Tzu strongly appealed to the rulers to "govern by doing nothing" to politicians and to implement "govern by doing nothing" and not to interfere too much in people's lives. "Governing by doing nothing" originally came from Confucius's "Who governs by doing nothing?" "The Analects of Confucius Wei Linggong XV") But in Laozi's philosophy, the thought of "governing by doing nothing" became a system. Laozi said: "I am doing nothing and the people are self-motivated." I am quiet and the people are self-righteous. I have nothing and the people are rich. I want nothing, and the people are simple. " Chapter 57 of "Good Quiet" puts forward against the harassment of rulers. "Nothing" is put forward against the tyranny of rulers; "No desire" is put forward against the greed of rulers. Laozi believes that politicians should be able to "govern by doing nothing", manage without interference, and have a monarch without oppression: a monarch should learn the true nature of water, make meritorious deeds without claiming to be self-sufficient, be diligent and not greedy for pleasure, manage every day well, and govern the country according to social laws and the trend of the times, so as to govern the country and benefit the people. Once enacted, it will not be easily changed, and the people will be allowed to transform themselves under the promulgated constitutional government. Laozi's "inaction" does not mean doing nothing, but doing nothing, conforming to the objective situation and respecting the laws of nature. Some people think that "inaction" means doing nothing, waiting passively, and just obeying fate, which is really a misunderstanding of Lao Tzu's original intention. Laozi once said, "Doing nothing without doing anything" (Chapter 48) means, "Doing nothing without doing anything." Here, "inaction" is an attitude and method of dealing with the world, and "inaction" refers to the effect of doing nothing. This is similar to the meaning of "death by doing nothing" in Chapter 3. "Governing by doing nothing" means treating social life with an attitude of "doing nothing", and everything is on the wrong track. Everything has its own laws, and we can only follow the laws and the trend of the times to promote it. You can't violate the law, otherwise you will be "promising" and do things indiscriminately. Doing nothing means doing nothing from the attitude of doing nothing. It can be seen that Lao Tzu is not opposed to human efforts. Laozi said: "Everything is created, born, held for it, and lived for it." (Chapter II) "Life", "Behavior" and "Success" are exactly what people need to work, create, exert their subjective initiative, contribute their own strength and achieve public undertakings. "Fu You", "Fu Zhi" and "Fu Zhi" are all aimed at eliminating their own possessive impulse. The root of human social disputes is that everyone is expanding their own selfish desires. So Lao Tzu also told people not to act rashly, not to be greedy, not to fight, not to possess, not to break the law. For thousands of years, Laozi's "inaction" thought has had a great influence on the character, behavior and outlook on life of the Chinese nation. In modern society, is this idea still valuable? Do we still need inaction? There is no doubt about the answer. I think that Laozi's "inaction" thought contains a profound understanding of the relationship between man and nature, and contains beneficial enlightenment to society. It requires people to establish a transcendental ideological realm of selflessness, selflessness and benefiting others. Therefore, Laozi's "inaction" thought not only has the value of existence, but also needs to be carried forward.