Fu Wu-kuang says that evidently Laozi did not oppose people pursuing a successful career, but simply wanted them to continually ask themselves: is spending all day in the rough and tumble of politics or business, beset with vexations because of your ambition, what you yourself really want?
老子卻說「功成身退」，傅武光說，顯然老子並不反對人成功就業，只是要人時時問問自己：整天張牙舞爪、為有所求而憂心忡忡，是自己要的？