The Ethic Intention of Tao Te Ching′s "Virtue"

The moral philosophical thought route of establishing virtue by Tao in Lao Zi′s Tao Te Ching,not only indicates the different as well as uniform inherent contact between Tao and Virtue,but also declares the pervasive ethic essence of Virtue.Lao Zi explained the pervasive essence of Virtue to us by various forms,such as far-reaching virtue,consummate virtue and usual virtue.He also indicated both virtue in things and virtue in people proceed from virtue in Tao,that is to say,Tao is the only standard for their acts.Considering people in temporal society are civilized,Lao Zi denied the humanity scheme by Confucian.He advocated a new moral culture theory namely building Virtue to return Tao.Lao Zi expected his three treasures could cope with many perplexing relations between people and themselves,people and his,people and the society,so as to reach the best ending that Virtue could achieve full unification with Tao.