Lao-Tzu Pre-Readings Question
1. What is the Master’s attitude toward action?
- While reading Thoughts From The Tao-Te Ching I found very interesting things about Lao-Tzu. Lao-Tzu has a great humble ambition, but his attitude toward action is basically he believes people should follow the Tao footsteps “to be able to accomplish good things for themselves“(Lao-Tzu pa 20). I think Lao-Tzu wants to get credit for what he has taught the people, not meaning that he’s arrogant but with all said he knew the message he was trying to put out wasn’t going to be put into action, but still believe he is a great leader to others.
Questions for Critical Reading
1. According to Lao-Tzu, what must the ruler provide the people with if they are to be happy.
-The ruler must provide the people to walk in their shoes to know what their going through, and to follow them to know where their going, and take them where they want to go. The ruler must know what the people want at all times and not put himself below them, because he wants to lead the people.
2. How would you describe Lao-Tzu attitude toward the people?
-I think Lao-Tzu attitude toward the people is very positive because he wants people to see the world the way he sees it. He also wants people to know where he’s coming from he mentioned that “what if he let go of the law, then more individuals will become honest, and letting go economics more people will become prosperous meaning advance to knowledge or success”(Lao-Tzu pg 31). Lao-Tzu just wants to be a great leader to the people so he wants them to understand the government and what he could do to change it.
3. Why does Lao-Tzu think the world cannot be improved?
-Lao-Tzu thinks the world cannot be improved because there is no improvement, meaning people (the government) has done enough damage. I personally agree because far as the war, poverty, the economics and there are many people who is unemployed and that’s why government in today’s society don’t really care about the people, and that’s why he mentioned in verse 66 that its now time to walk in other people shoes and help lead the people.
S.Merchant
2 comments:
I thought you did an excellent job on anwsering the questions of the reading. You explained everything very well, and gave your own point of view of what he was trying to explain.
Everyone seemed to answer the first question, but after reading your answer to the third one it gave me a different perspective, since I also answered the first one. You make a good point by saying that Lao-Tzu doesn't think the world can be improved because there has been enough damage done. You're right, it is strenuous and time consuming to repair something with incredible damage. It is so strenuous and time consuming that most people don't even want to take the initiative to try and fix it. And it does take a walk in someone else's shoes to realize what they are going through.
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