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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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32. Shapes


The Way has no true shape,
And therefore none can control it.
If a ruler could control the Way
All things would follow
In harmony with his desire,
And sweet rain would fall,
Effortlessly slaking every thirst.

The Way is shaped by use,
But then the shape is lost.
Do not hold fast to shapes
But let sensation flow into the world
As a river courses down to the sea.

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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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