Not praising the worthy prevents contention, Not esteeming the valuable prevents theft, Not displaying the beautiful prevents desire. In this manner the sage governs people: Emptyi
The Way that can be experienced is not true; The world that can be constructed is not true. The Way manifests all that happens and may happen; The world represents all that exists
When government is lazy and informal The people are kind and honest; When government is efficient and severe The people are discontented and deceitful. Good fortune follows upon di
With but a small understanding One may follow the Way like a main road, Fearing only to leave it; Following a main road is easy, Yet people delight in difficult paths. When palaces
Honest people use no rhetoric; Rhetoric is not honesty. Enlightened people are not cultured; Culture is not enlightenment. Content people are not rich; Riches are not contentment.
Cultivate harmony within yourself, and harmony becomes real; Cultivate harmony within your family, and harmony becomes fertile; Cultivate harmony within your community, and harmony
Who is filled with harmony is like a newborn. Wasps and snakes will not bite him; Hawks and tigers will not claw him. His bones are soft yet his grasp is sure, For his flesh is sup
There is a mystery, Beneath abstraction, Silent, depthless, Alone, unchanging, Ubiquitous and liquid, The mother of nature. It has no name, but I call it "the Way"; It has no limit
道常无名。朴虽小，天下不敢臣。 严可均曰：“朴虽小”，御注作“扑”，王弼作“朴”。“天下不敢臣”，王弼作“天下莫能臣也”。 罗振玉曰：景龙、御注、敦煌、英伦诸本“莫能”作“不敢”，景福本作“莫敢”，又均无“也”字。 谦之案：道藏王本脱“朴虽小”三字。“天下不敢臣”，谓道尊，可名于大也。 王侯若能守，万物将自宾。 严可均曰：“王侯若能守”，御注、河上、王弼作“
Do not control the people with laws, Nor violence nor espionage, But conquer them with inaction. For: The more morals and taboos there are, The more cruelty afflicts people; The mo
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