Notes: This chapter is well-known for being the most difficult to interpret. Like judging rulers from the best to the worst, Laozi lists a series of definitions or descriptions of Te, ethical behaviors, ranking from his highest standard to the lowest, which is measured in “ethical distance”...
The following is the entire Chinese text of Tao Te Ching (道德經). You can find the English translation via the above websites. 老子: 「道德經」 : 第一章 (Chapter 1) 道可道,非常道。名可名,非常名。 無名天地之始﹔有名萬物之母。 故常無,欲以觀其妙﹔常有,欲以觀其徼。 此兩者,同出...
[Tao Te Ching chapter 38] The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.[Tao Te Ching chapter 38] Your name or your body, what is dearer? Your body or your wealth, what is worthier?[Tao Te Ching chapter 44]...
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 ...
[Tao Te Ching chapter 13] Must one dread what others dread?[Tao Te Ching chapter 20] If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?[Tao Te Ching chapter 74] If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would ...
(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...
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...
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...
38. 1. (Those who) possessed in highest degree the attributes (of the Tao) did not (seek) to show them, and therefore they possessed them (in fullest measure). (Those who) possessed in a lower degree those attributes (sought how) not to lose them, and therefore they did not possess...