Tao Te Ching

Chapter 74
[Original text]

If you dare [1], you will kill [2]; if you dare not [3], you will live.Both of these are beneficial or detrimental.What is evil in the sky, who knows the reason? (It is difficult for the saints. [4])

The way of heaven is to win without fighting, to respond without speaking, to come without calling, □[5] but to plan.

Skynet is restored [6], sparse but not lost.

【Note】

[1] Dare: Enterprising.

[2] kill: die.

[3] Dare not: be cautious.

[4] The sentence "it is a sage": This sentence has already appeared in Chapter 63, so it is doubtful to repeat it.

[5]□: soothing.

[6] Huihui: Wide and boundless.

【Analysis】

It is easy to die if you are brave and enterprising, and it is easy to survive if you are humble.Of these two aspects, one is beneficial and the other is harmful.Heaven hates one of them, who can know the reason? (Therefore, even a sage will be cautious in this regard, and it is difficult to make a decision.)
The law between heaven and earth often lies in the fact that the one who does not fight is good at winning, the one who does not speak is good at responding, comes automatically without calling, and is calm but good at planning.

The Skynet is vast and boundless, although it is sparse, it will not be missed.No matter what it is or what it does, it cannot escape the scope of "Tao".

"Tao" is like a big net, which looks very careless, but in fact nothing can escape the law of "Tao".Everything in the world is operating according to the law of "Tao", such as "weakness wins over strong", "if you dare, you will kill, if you are brave, you will live". "Correction, you can't escape the law of "Tao" at all, and you will eventually perish.

【Explanation by Famous Artists】

Mr. He Shang:
If you dare to do something, you will kill yourself.If you dare not to do anything, you will live your life.Dare and dare not.Live for profit, kill for harm.There are evil things.Who can know the will of heaven and not violate it?It is more difficult to speak of the virtue of a sage than to be brave, how much more do you want to do it without the virtue of a sage?
Heaven does not compete with man for high and low, but man is in awe of himself.The sky does not say anything, everything automatically responds to the time.If the sky does not call, all things are yin and yang. □, wide also.Although the way of heaven is broad and broad, if you are good at planning people, doing good and doing evil, each will receive his own reward.

The snares of heaven are very large, and although they are far away, they inspect people's good and evil, and nothing is lost.

(End of this chapter)