Notes: This chapter is all about the meaning of character wu (non-being or nothingness) in wuwei (doing nothing unto others). Laozi emphasizes that nothingness (or doing nothing) represents the higher state of ethical actions. He does so by comparing nothingness to a list of actions that in...
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...
Tao Te Ching Tao Te Ching(Dao De Jing) Classic of the Way and Virtue By Lao-Tzu (Laozi, Lao Tse, Lan Dan, Li Ehr) IntroductionBibliographyThematic Index 1-81Chapter Index 1-81Taoism ConcordanceIndex to English Language TranslatorsCloud Hands Blog...
(Chapter VI, Tr. A. Waley) The Tao Te Ching can be seen as advocating mostly "feminine" (or Yin) values, emphasising the qualities of water — fluidity and softness (instead of the solid and stable mountain), choosing the obscure and mysterious aspect of things, and controlling things ...
Tao Te Ching Tao Te Ching(Dao De Jing) Classic of the Way and Virtue By Lao-Tzu (Laozi, Lao Tse, Lan Dan, Li Ehr) IntroductionBibliographyThematic Index 1-81Chapter Index 1-81Taoism ConcordanceIndex to English Language TranslatorsCloud Hands Blog...
Its division in chapters is considered to be the result of the remarks of the mysterious Heschang Gong (Han dynasty), reputed author of one of the earliest commentaries on the Tao Te Ching.I’ve used those chapter divisions to break up the audios that I have included below for the ...
The first two lines of theTao Te Chingare echoed in Christopher Alexander’sThe Timeless Way of Buildingwhen he describes the Quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is...
Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching An English Version by Ursula K. Le Guin ISBN: 978-1-59030-744-1 1 TAOING The way you can go isn’t the real way. The name you can say isn’t the real name. Heaven and earth begin in the unnamed: name’s the mother of the ten thousand things. So th...
道德經 Dao De Jing [Tao Te Ching]Chapter 2: The Nourishment of the Person繁體 Trad ↔ 简体 SimpLegge's TranslationSusuki's TranslationGoddard's Translation 养身 The Nourishment of the Person Self-Culture Self Development 1 天下皆知美之为美,斯恶矣;皆知善之为善,斯不善矣。 All in the world...
Lao Tzu “Tao Te Ching" Chinese VS English Translation 13 years, 8 months ago #116 xiaoniu OFFLINE Gold Boarder 自由,平等,人文 Posts: 237 Karma: 0 The Way that can be told of is not an Unvarying Way; The names that can be named are not unvarying names. It was from the ...