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