Dao De Jing
2 min readThe character ，pronounced“Dao”，literal means”path or way >s All major Chinese philosophical schools have investigated the correct Way to go about a moral life but in Daoism it takes on the most abstract meanings，lea-ding this school to be named after it.It advocated non-action，the strength of weakness，spontaneity，and relativism.Althoughit serves as a rival to Confucianism.a school of active morali ty，this rivalry is compromised and given perspective by the idiom practice Confucianism on the outside.Daoism on the inside.
Confucianism and Daoism differ chiefly in that the former is optimistic and realistic，while the later pessimistic and.often romantic.The chinese literati tend to take both alternatively.When there are opportunities to realize their ambitions，they are active in doing things according to ce onfucius Doctrine.They study the Four books and the Five classics ，then they take the imperial exam to be come government officials.
When suffering from setbacks，they grasp Daoism and hide themselves in mountains or somewhere as hermits.LikeNoble Savages in Western sense，they usually work in the fields to support themselves.In leisure times，they get half-drunk and produce good poems Daoism is a very interesting philosophy to study.It is based on study of the Dao（i），literally translated，”the Way.The oldest great book of Daoism，The Way and virtue was allegedly written by a man named Lao Zi.
The book is full of meaningful and paradoxical sayings like Bad luck can cause good ones to come while good luck can be pregnant with bad ones.” This idea is essential of daoism.It is the dialectical way of thinking.As for the rule of the government Lao Zi prefers the Wuwei Policy ，letting people manage matters for themselves.Well just try something original from dao De Jing about virtue
（1）Superior virtue is no virtue.Therefore it has virtue Inferior virtue never loses sight of virtue.Therefore it has no virtue.Superior virtue is doing nothing for it has nothing to do
（2）Inferior virtue asserts and makes pretensions.Supe rior virtue is non-assertion and without pretension.
（3）Thus one loses Reason and then virtue appears.One loses virtue and then benevolence appears.One loses benev olence and then justice appears.One loses justice and then propriety appears.
