Tao Te Ching 31 (First Part)

Tao Te Ching 31 (First Part of the second paragraph)

Weapons are tools of fear;

A decent man will avoid them

Except in the direst necessity

And, if compelled, will use them

Only with the utmost restraint.

Today I will interpret the first part of the second paragraph of the Tao Te Ching 31. Weapons are tools of fear; a decent man will avoid them except in the direst necessity and, if compelled, will use them only with utmost restraint. This statement is true because man only use weapons when having fear of something or having fear of someone because when one has no fear of someone or something, he will not use weapon to protect him or to use it to stop what fears him, because he know to himself that he did not step on someone or hurt someone. A decent man only use weapon when really needed. For example, when man is just protecting himself from someone who envies him, in the present time, we call it self defense. A decent man only uses it as a self defense and does not use it to harm someone because he just likes to kill who he wants. And if compelled, will use them only with utmost restraint. Decent man only knows when and what is the proper time to use a weapon and does not use it whenever he wants it and a decent man only used a weapon with the utmost control.