Most of people prefer increase to decrease. Laozi, on the contrary, values decrease. This study explores whether such standpoint is an indication that Laozi views this world very differently compared to others. To gain a better insight into this question and to understand Laozi’s way of thinking, this study first expounds Laozi’s point of view regarding how things operate. The study then attempts to discuss decrease and other statements bearing on the meaning of decrease, and goes on to discuss the relation between “decrease” and “Dao.”