hi I'm Andy

Today we'll learn Laozi's thinking together

the good virtue is not showing off his virtue

that is considered being with virtue

the bad virtue

is showing off his virtue

that is considered being without virtue

the good virtue do not need to prove his virtue

so

he seemed to do nothing

the bad virtues always try to prove his virtue

so he is busy doing everything

the behavior of benovalence is come out from heart

but not in the name of virtue

the behavior of morality is made in the name of virtue

if the behavior of an etiquette is not

response by other people

they would roll up the sleeves

and the force you carried it out

so when people lost the Dao

they would hold the virtue

when they lost the virtue

they would hold the benovance

when lost benevolence

they would hold morality

after lost morality

they would hold the etiquette

the etiquette is a lack of loyalty and belief

that is the cause of chaos

those things we know previously

is the superficial vanity of Dao

that is the beginning of the foolishness

so the true gentleman should hold the sincerity

but not the surface

hold honesty but not vanity

so we should get rid of a superficial vanity

and hold sincere honesty

okay

good virtue don't show off is virtue

do you think a real wealthy man

should show off his wealth

Bill Gates or Elon Musk

they need to show off his wealth

his money to people

to prove he is wealthy

it's not necessary

so the poor people

they would show off they have money

so the real one don't need to prove

Donald Trump said make America great again

that means America is not great right now

in China we used to say that

we want to build a harmonious society

that means the society now is not harmonious

so the Dao belongs to heaven

but benevolence

morality etiquette those belong to people human being

why the world the society is deteriorating

because we lost the Dao, the Great Dao

it reminds me in the Bible

when Adam and Eva sinned

they were driven out from the Garden of Eden

human beings sinned

they lost the Dao

Confucius is always emphasized on rite

etiquette and music

but why Laozi said it (rite) is the cause of chaos

he said

the etiquette, the ceremony, the rite

if they will not respond and people will

roll up sleeves and force you carried it out

then I will tell you a real story

in 1793

the King of England sent George Macartney as envoy

to celebrate the Emperor Qianlong's

birthday in china

so he traveled all the way

and brought a lot of precious gifts

those gifts were the latest

technology of the Industrial Revolution

but they got an issue

before the emperor

received George Mckinney

because the Emperor of China is the Son of Heaven

so everybody should kneeled down and kowtow to the Emperor

but in the West

they only kneel down with one knee

we don't know the truth if Macartney really

kneeled down kowtow to the Emperor

or he used the western courtesy

but one thing is for sure

both the Emperor of China

and George Macartney were not happy

so when the etiquette was not respond

other people almost force him

to carry out the kowtow in China

that is what exactly Laozi said

in 2,500 years ago in China

so since that time

China was declining

in 1860

the Opium War broke out

that was the beginning of chaos

that's the reason why

we should give up the superficial vanity and hold the

sincere honesty

okay see you next time bye bye

hi I'm Andy

Today we'll learn Laozi's thinking together

today I will use the traditional Chinese tune to

read English

it's maybe a little bit weird

such a thing as Dao

is a trance and blur

trance and blur

there's an image

blur as trance

there's an object

deep and dark

there is an spirit

the spirit is real

there is a belief

since ancient until today

his name never gone

he observe all the creatures

how could I know the status of all the creatures

it's depend on the Dao

okay

the virtue is decided by Dao

Dao is higher than virtue

Dao is like the soul

and virtue is like the body

if the virtue follows the Dao completely 100%

that virtue is up virtue

if only partial follow the Dao

that's called down virtue

but still virtue

it's like in school exams

you got a 100 score

that's perfect

but if you get 70 60

that's okay or maybe

even got 10 15

that's still okay

because you try your best

the Dao is a chance and blur

but it seemed there's an image

and there's object

great Dao is imageless

but it raise all the creatures

when Laozi practiced the Dao

or seeking the Dao

and he said

there's a spirit in a Dao

and that is real

and you can believe it

so that means

if you followed him practice the Dao and

you will find the truth

and you will believe it

so that was 2,500 years ago

but later in China

about 1,800 years ago

people make the Dao thinking as a religion

the Daoism

so when they practiced the Dao

they entered a bottleneck

and they can't go further

and they will find something else to help

like the Daoist priest use incense burner

they will make the pills

to help them

they use chemicals minerals

such like lead

mercury

or charcoal

sulfur

so Chinese people invented gunpowder

I'm serious

the gunpowder was invented by Daoist priest

they want to use the pills to

help them get over the bottleneck

in the whole history of China

we have many emperors

they died of addicted to the pills

because the pills are poisonous

okay see you next time bye bye

hi i'm Andy

today

we'll learn Laozi's

philosophy together

Dao give birth to all the creatures

and virtue

breed all the creatures

all the creatures present various forms

the environment makes all the creatures grow up

so all the creatures

no one doesn't respect Dao

and value the virtue

the reason

why Dao was respected and the virtue was valued

is because

the Dao didn't interfere the growth of the all the creatures

and let them follow the nature

so Dao

give birth to all the creatures and virtue breeding all creatures

they make all creatures grow

and make all creatures mature

and bare fruit they raise up all the creatures

and give them protection

Dao produced all the creatures

but don't claim the possession of them

Dao raise all the creatures

but don't boast his achievements

Dao guide all the creatures

but don't be their master

this is the mysterious and profound virtue

okay

all the creatures could grow up and develop

is because they follow the natural rules

that is Laozi's the Great Dao

after the birth of all thecreatures

who would breed them

that's virtue

so in China virtue is 德

so 道德 Dao and virtue

it means moral

so

Dao give us life

and virtue

raise us

they're just like our father and mother

how could we do not respect our father and mother

so respect down the value

the virtue is nature

it's a human nature

in Chinese

the word of virtue 德

originally means "gain, get"

later it

means "virtual, quality"

the Dao give birth to all the creatures

but do not possess them

he breed all the creatures

but do not boast his achievements

he just guide all the creatures

but do not interfere them

he do not boast to be the master of all the creatures

he was so unselfish

but our human being everything we do

we want a reward or result

like i'm being Youtuber

I want more people to see my video

and to understand the Chinese culture

and I get monetized

but if you make a great effort

you cannot achieve it

and you feel very frustrated

and you will hated the algorithm

that's my desire

cause I have sIIo many desire

those desire become the burden

I have to carry them

but it's really hard to

get rid of the desire for a human being

so I have to follow the Dao

see you next time bye bye