无为而治即真自由——试论老子“无为而治”的政治思想

Govern by Doing Nothing is True Freedom——On Political Thought of Govern by Doing Nothing by Lao Zi

"无为而治"是老子政治思想的核心内容。但"无为而治"也被一些人理解为不作为和放任之意。我们需要知道老子提出"无为而治"的真是意图其实是"政治自由"之意,因为他提出的自由思想在免于强制,要统治者减少干预等,这又和西方的自由思想有着惊人的相似之处,因此我们来看看老子到底是怎样通过"无为而治"来阐述他自由的思想。

Govern by doing nothing is the core element in the political thought of Lao Zi. But it is misunderstood by some people as not doing anything and non-intervention. We need to know the intention of Lao Zi putting forward the thought that Govern by Doing Nothing is to express the political freedom. For his thought about freedom is to decrease invention and invention which is the same as the thought about freedom in western countries.Therefore, let’s see that how does Lao Zi express his thought about freedom through Govern by Doing Nothing.