As I go through my own version of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching here that I wrote in May/June 2000 and my book, Thoughts on becoming a Sage, The Guidebook for leading a virtuous Life, I am amazed that now eighteen years later, it is as relevant even more so, as when I wrote it. Th...
In the sparse, enigmatic verses of the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu speaks of wu wei—effortless action, or action in harmony with the natural order. To let go, in the Taoist sense, is to cease swimming against the current of life and instead allow oneself to flow with its rhythm. The image...
它洛书,就把天下分成九块了。 洛书与河图看起来图像不一样,但实际上意义相同。这也是易经中的基本道理, 变中有不变,不变中有变。无论河图洛书,奇数都代表阳,偶数都代表阴。 为什么河图中的偶数是二四六八十?而洛书中却只有二四六八。没有十呢? 跟河图相比较,最重大的,叫做见五不见十。或者用现也可以,...