The sound of chickens and dogs is heard by each other, but not by old age and death(jīquǎnzhīshēng xiāngwén，lǎosǐbùxiāng wǎnglái)

The sound of chickens and dogs is heard by each other, but not by old age and death

The sound of chickens and dogs is heard by each other, but not by old age and death

[pronunciation] J ī Qu ǎ nzh ī sh ē ngxi ā NGW é n, l ǎ OS ǐ B ù Xi ā NGW ǎ NGL á I

[explanation] everyone lives in a world of abundance, peace, serenity, joy and contentment. Whether they communicate or not, whether they communicate or not, has no influence on their life. Everyone lives in the moment and enjoys the moment, listening to the calls of chickens and dogs outside the window, the white clouds floating overhead and the breeze blowing around them, for fear that there will be any unexpected guests Break this wonderful moment.

Idiom information

[source] Laozi: "neighbors look at each other, chickens and dogs hear each other, and people don't communicate with each other until they are old and dead." [Tongyun CI] Pian shanxiaocai, NianJiu Liancai, jinnengbeicai, save enough money, thin as firewood, Feng tangtoubai, chasing things back, deciding to make decisions by oneself, measuring firewood with rice, confusing black and white.

The origin of Idioms

Neighbors face each other, chickens and dogs hear each other, people do not communicate with each other until old age and death. The 80th chapter of Laozi

unscramble

As for the explanation of "a small country with few people" (Chapter 80), modern scholars generally understand Laozi's "a small country with few people" as the real meaning, that is, a small country with few people. The Duke of Heshang in Qin and Han Dynasties didn't think so. He explained: "although the sage ruled a big country, he thought it was small. He showed frugality, not extravagance and Thailand. Although the people are numerous, they are still few and dare not work. " That is to say, "a small country with few people" does not really mean that it is a small country with few people, but a large country with many people. There are many different interpretations of the so-called "Shi Bo's tools" to make people have Shi Bo's tools instead of using them. He Shanggong divided this article into two sentences, which read "let the people have what they want, but not what they want.". Its annotation is: "let the people have their own tribes, the noble and the humble do not offend each other", and "utensils are the utensils of farmers. Those who do not use it will not be called up to seize the good time of the people. Laozi thought that the rulers should be quiet and not disturb the people.

Examples of Idioms

Some people don't do it like this, but like Lao Tzu, they say, "when you hear the sound of chickens and dogs, you don't communicate with each other when you die.". Mao Zedong's working methods of the Party committee

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, Lao Tzu, a thinker, believed that the two neighboring countries could see each other, and the barking of chickens and dogs could be heard. They ate their own rich food, wore their own clothes, lived according to their own customs, and did not wage war until they died of old age. Laozi yearns for such a primitive and simple atmosphere. In the early Western Han Dynasty, China first applied the Taoist theory to govern the country in an all-round way, which produced wenjingzhi, the most prosperous age in China. The market mechanism of "low flow water" of Taoism in the biography of goods colonization is mainly described in Huainanzi, Shiji, Hanshu and other Taoist books and historical books. In the first chapter of Shi Ji · Huo Zhi liezhuan, Sima Qian tells an example of the market mechanism of "low flow water": the products in the southeast, northwest and North are different. There are Yaks in the north, animal husbandry in the west, fishing salt in the East, and wood in the South. These things are necessities of people's life. Wood is also used in the north, and fur is used in the south. What should we do? Sima Qian said: "is it necessary for the government to issue a decree to collect and distribute people to meet within a time limit? People can rely on their abilities, try their best and satisfy their desires. Therefore, cheap goods can be sold at a high price, and expensive goods can be bought at a low price. People go through their own business and do their own business, just like water flows to the bottom, day and night, without inviting people to buy or sell, without seeking to trade. This is in line with the road, and it is also a proof of natural regulation. "

Brief introduction

"The sound of chickens and dogs is heard, old age and death are not exchanged" comes from chapter 80 of Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu. Tao Te Jing, also known as Tao Te Zhen Jing, Lao Zi, five thousand words and five thousand articles of Lao Zi, is a work of ancient Chinese pre Qin scholars before their separation, which was admired by all the scholars at that time. It is said that it was written by Lao Zi (i.e. Li Er, from Luyi, Henan Province) in the spring and Autumn period, which is an important source of Taoist philosophy. Daodejing is divided into two parts: the first chapter is "Dejing" and the second chapter is "Daojing", which is not divided into chapters. Later, it is changed to "Daojing", with 37 chapters in the front and 38 chapters followed by "Dejing", which is divided into 81 chapters. It is the first complete philosophical work in Chinese history. Daodejing was regarded as a Taoist classic from 206 B.C. to 200 A.D., so some scholars think that Daodejing is divided into 81 chapters, which has obvious Taoist idea of "nine to one", and it is far fetched in the division of content. However, the first thirty-seven chapters of Tao Te Ching preach and the last forty-four chapters talk about morality. In short, Tao is the body and morality is the use. In the Qing Dynasty, Wei Yuan broke this Convention for the first time and divided Tao Te Ching into 68 chapters, maintaining the integrity of each chapter.

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