Lao Tze- Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

The Tao Te Ching (Traditional Chinese: 道德經 , roughly translatable as The Book of the Way and its Virtue , is a Chinese classic text. According to tradition, it was written around 600 BCE by the Taoist sage Laozi (or Lao Tzu, "Old Master"), a record-keeper at the Zhou Dynasty court. A careful reading of the text, however, suggests that it is a compilation of maxims sharing similar themes. The text's authenticity, authorship, and date of composition or compilation are still debated.

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20. Wandering


What is the difference between assent and denial?
What is the difference between beautiful and ugly?
What is the difference between fearsome and afraid?

The people are merry as if at a magnificent party
Or playing in the park at springtime,
But I am tranquil and wandering,
Like a newborn before it learns to smile,
Alone, with no true home.

The people have enough and to spare,
Where I have nothing,
And my heart is foolish,
Muddled and cloudy.

The people are bright and certain,
Where I am dim and confused;
The people are clever and wise,
Where I am dull and ignorant;
Aimless as a wave drifting over the sea,
Attached to nothing.

The people are busy with purpose,
Where I am impractical and rough;
I do not share the peoples' cares
But I am fed at nature's breast.

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Chapter

  • 01. The Way
  • 02. Abstraction
  • 03. Without Action
  • 04. Limitless
  • 05. Nature
  • 06. Experience
  • 07. Complete
  • 08. Water
  • 09. Retire
  • 10. Harmony
  • 11. Tools
  • 12. Substance
  • 13. Self
  • 14. Mystery
  • 15. Enlightenment
  • 16. Decay and Renewal
  • 17. Rulers
  • 18. Hypocrisy
  • 19. Simplify
  • 20. Wandering
  • 21. Accept
  • 22. Home
  • 23. Words
  • 24. Indulgence
  • 25. Beneath Abstraction
  • 26. Calm
  • 27. Perfection
  • 28. Becoming
  • 29. Ambition
  • 30. Violence
  • 31. Armies
  • 32. Shapes
  • 33. Virtues
  • 34. Control
  • 35. Peace
  • 36. Opposition
  • 37. Tranquillity
  • 38. Ritual
  • 39. Support
  • 40. Motion and Use
  • 41. Following
  • 42. Mind
  • 43. Overcoming
  • 44. Contentment
  • 45. Quiet
  • 46. Horses
  • 47. Knowing
  • 48. Inaction
  • 49. People
  • 50. Death
  • 51. Nurture
  • 52. Clarity
  • 53. Difficult Paths
  • 54. Cultivate Harmony
  • 55. Soft Bones
  • 56. Impartiality
  • 57. Conquer with Inaction
  • 58. No End
  • 59. Restraint
  • 60. Demons
  • 61. Submission
  • 62. Sin
  • 63. Difficulty
  • 64 Care at the Beginning
  • 65. Subtlety
  • 66. Lead by Following
  • 67. Unimportance
  • 68. Compassion
  • 69. Ambush
  • 70. Individuality
  • 71. Limitation
  • 72. Revolution
  • 73. Fate
  • 74. Execution
  • 75. Rebellion
  • 76. Flexibility
  • 77. Need
  • 78. Yielding
  • 79. Reconciliation
  • 80. Utopia
  • 81. The Sage
  • Garden

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