The current moral education curriculum (revised in 2022) addresses non-competition and inaction as content knowledge related to Lao-tzu's thought. Based on a textual analysis of Lao-tzu, I examine the meaning of "non-competition," which is emphasized ...
The current moral education curriculum (revised in 2022) addresses non-competition and inaction as content knowledge related to Lao-tzu's thought. Based on a textual analysis of Lao-tzu, I examine the meaning of "non-competition," which is emphasized as content knowledge in the high school textbook "Ethics and Thought." I will conceptualize the various aspects of the Tao, using water as a metaphor. In this process, I will elucidate the meanings of "Softness and Fragility" (柔弱), "Flowing Downward" (下流), "non-competitive" (不爭), and "Going to Places People Dislike" (處衆人之所惡). Based on this, I examine the implications of Lao-tzu's theory of the goodness of water for current moral education.