u/Traditional_Ant_9108

"Clever words and pleasing appearances” do not simply refer to deception or hypocrisy. Rather, they point to a mind that has become outwardly distracted, causing one to lose the inner virtue of the original heart.

When someone focuses on speaking beautifully and presenting a pleasant expression merely to please others, they become driven by personal desires and gradually obscure the true essence of benevolence.

https://preview.redd.it/d9n9l1lroc2h1.png?width=777&format=png&auto=webp&s=f15251cca269eeb8c1264064a66d80514119988f

This does not mean Heaven and Earth are intentionally cruel or evil. Rather, it means nature is impartial and does not show special favor to any being.

It treats all things the way people once treated straw dogs used in ancient rituals: honored during the ceremony, then set aside afterward.

Everything simply follows the natural order.

https://preview.redd.it/wxiewrqgc72h1.png?width=811&format=png&auto=webp&s=1a21ea6edf89f64685815a8b796bc8af29f0607f

It does not mean that the Great Tao cannot be spoken of at all. Rather, it means that anything that can be fully expressed through language is not the eternal and unchanging fundamental Tao.

https://preview.redd.it/feau18g4sw1h1.png?width=842&format=png&auto=webp&s=bbbff748dff684c8868881e836ce1467a531f9b1

最近在做一个小项目。

只回答中国古籍相关的问题，尽量依据原典和注疏作答。

它对于“君子不器”的理解还不错。

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