"What is the Tao?"

Confucius understood that the Tao and the Tao are not the same concept. Tao is a concept, and preaching means that Lao Tzu wants to explain what Tao is. So! He asked.

"What I said! It's a name! I named it 'Dao'. What about me! It is not a road, it is not an official road, a "people's road", "a small road", or a road. But! Figuratively! ”

"For example?"

"That's the name! That's a real name! Very famous! Lao Tzu sighed.

"Name? Extraordinary name? Mr? This? ”

"The Word is just a name I have chosen! I think it's very vivid! I'm happy with the name! The Tao is just my name, but it has a lot to say! Why is it 'very famous'? Because ah! All things are the Tao, and they are all changing! So! Its name is changing, too! ”

"This?" Confucius heard a little vaguely and answered suspiciously.

"When I say the Word, I mean the source of all things in heaven and earth, including the source of human beings. I think! Everything in heaven and earth originates from the Tao. So? What is Tao? Road! It's the original substance, the thing. ”

"The original substance? Something? ”

"That's it! Before there was heaven and earth, there was such a dongdong, and this dongdong was the 'Tao'. ”

"Oh?" Confucius replied as if he didn't understand.

"Before there was no heaven and earth, the world was chaotic and nothing existed. In fact! Yes, there is! In the midst of chaos, there is such a being! This existence is the Tao. I named it 'Dao'. So! The Tao is the first being. ”

"Oh?" When Confucius heard this, he was a little confused, and he didn't understand it very well. Or rather! Didn't understand at all.

"Where? From the initial existence, and then after a long period of evolution and change, it became heaven and earth, and all things! And with everything there is, there is the earth. On the earth, there are all things, human beings, ......"

"Oh?" Confucius replied again.

What Lao Tzu said just now seems to be like folklore, everything in heaven and earth is created by heaven and gods. And then! And there was the earth, and all that was on it, and human beings......

"I'm not talking about gods! You can also think of it as a god, which is probably what it means. When I speak of the Word, I am a real being, which is different from the gods. Jinni! It's an imaginary result! Nobody knows. And My Word is real! ”

"Real?"

"It's real!" Lao Tzu nodded and said, "This is back again, when it comes to 'Tao Ke Dao, very Dao', and also on 'Famous and Extraordinary Dao'." In order to explain that you can understand my Tao, why do you say 'Tao is Tao, very Tao', 'Famous is famous, very famous'? Here it comes! I'm going to give you an example! ”

"Sir, please speak!"

"Dao! Since the original substance also refers to all matter! ”

"This?" Confucius didn't understand it again.

"Everything in the world is the Tao!"

"This, this, this?"

"Because! The Tao is always changing! ”

"This?"

"For example! This case in front of us is a few times! How many cases is it, isn't it? ”

"Yes!"

"And what was it before?"

"The case is made of wood, of course it's wood!"

"That? What is wood made of? ”

"Wood? Wood was before the tree! ”

"What was before the tree?"

"I don't know!"

"Tree! Just like people, it is also changed, evolved, and evolved by other things! ”

"Oh!"

"We can't trace how trees evolved, and we can't trace how people evolved. But! We can trace the fate of trees and people! ”

"This?"

In order for Confucius to understand his "Tao", Lao Tzu instructed the Tao that "we cannot trace back to how trees and people evolved. But! We can trace the fate of trees and people! Didn't the tree become wood, and then the wood turned into a case? How bad is the case? What about people who die? What will become? ”

"This?"

"When the case is broken, it becomes firewood, and when it is burned, it turns to ashes. What has become of the ashes? Turned into fertilizer. What has become of fertilizer? Fertilizer is the plant's nutrients. Then the nutrients become a certain plant, and then so on, returning to nature and returning to the Tao ......"

"Oh?" Confucius listened to it and realized something.

"What about people? How people came to be, we don't know! We can't trace it back to its source. But! We can see where people belong! Is the person dead? When people die, they are buried. If you bury it, it will rot. Rotting into soil, or fertilizer for plants, or eaten by insects underground! In a word! Man did not die, but returned to the Tao and became a different person. Although it is no longer human, it is eternal, and this is called 'enlightenment'. ”

"Oh?" When Confucius heard this, he seemed to understand a little more.

"Didn't I say that before? Is the Tao the original substance? Isn't it? Lao Tzu asked.

"Yes!"

"So! We people! And the case, and everything! It's all the original substance. And then! And then by us into a myriad. So! We are the Way! Everything in the world is the Tao, and it is all the original substance. ”

"This?"

"Isn't that the truth? Isn't it? For example! This case is several! It is also the Tao! Lao Tzu said, patted the case in front of him, and motioned to Confucius to show and explain to Confucius.

"It's a case now, it's wood before, it's a tree before, what was it before we don't know? But! We can imagine! It's passed down from generation to generation! We just don't know! Ultimately! It evolved from the Word!

So! A few cases! It is also the Tao!

Because! It is the initial substance. And then! It became firewood, flames and ashes, fertilizer, other plants. Maybe? What about a plant being eaten by an animal and becoming a part of the animal? Isn't it? ”

"This?" Under Lao Tzu's interpretation, Confucius understood. But! He still didn't understand Lao Tzu's intention of interpreting the "Tao"? Why did Lao Tzu go to such great lengths to interpret the "Tao"?

At this moment, Lao Tzu interpreted what he said before: "That's why I said, 'Tao is Tao, very Tao'." This is the Word! It's not a simple word for 'Tao', but it's a word that's hard to explain clearly.

Why is the name of the Tao called 'famous, very famous'? Here's why, too! Everything can be called 'Tao' by the name because! They are both initial substances. From them, new things can be transformed......"

"Sir! I get it! What is the Tao! What is the gentleman said. So! Why did the gentleman go to such great lengths to preach? After Confucius understood, he asked.

"Because! This is the source of humanity, huh? Human beings have changed and evolved from the Tao? You don't know where humanity comes from, how can you understand life? Lao Tzu looked at Confucius and said.

"This?"

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