“治人事天莫若啬”的现代解读

The Understanding of "In Managing Human Affairs,There is No Better Rule Than to be Sparing"

"治人事天莫若啬"是老子《道德经》的重要命题。老子认为,只有以"啬"这一理念去修身治人和敬畏自然,才能符合"长生久视之道",从而达到天人和谐的人生境界。根据"治人事天莫若啬"的生态环保思想,在现代社会中,应大力提倡与宣传"崇尚简单生活"的理念。"崇尚简单生活"是人的一种美德,是一种新的环保理念,也是人类追求的一种绿色生活,更是人的一种幸福快乐的最高人生境界。在现代社会中,老子的"治人事天莫若啬"的思想具有重要的现实意义。

The fact that ＂In managing human affairs, there is no better rule than to be sparing＂ is an important subject matter of Classic of the Way and Virtue. Laozi holds that only by managing affairs from the perspective of stinginess can we conform to the rule of life and keep the harmony of human and nature. According to this concept, we should live a simple life which is a kind of human virtue, a new concept of environment protection, a new way of life a perfection of human life. This thought is still important to our modern society.