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Page 132
... flee . Luck and Te are constantly present and do not leave his person . This means : If one does not advance , one cannot be followed ; if one does not talk , one cannot be looked through . The six preceding sentences therefore contain ...
... flee . Luck and Te are constantly present and do not leave his person . This means : If one does not advance , one cannot be followed ; if one does not talk , one cannot be looked through . The six preceding sentences therefore contain ...
Page 133
... flee from confusion and trouble . Enclose Tao in your bosom , embrace unity and retain the five spirits . Instead of — “ embrace unity " an expression alluding to ch . 10 , there is a variant☀ " embrace Tao " , which is rejected by Li ...
... flee from confusion and trouble . Enclose Tao in your bosom , embrace unity and retain the five spirits . Instead of — “ embrace unity " an expression alluding to ch . 10 , there is a variant☀ " embrace Tao " , which is rejected by Li ...
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... flee from strength and to practise weakness , to flee from hardness and to practise tenderness . The violent ones do not reach their [ natural ] death . The violent ones are those who do not believe in the mystery and rebel against Tao ...
... flee from strength and to practise weakness , to flee from hardness and to practise tenderness . The violent ones do not reach their [ natural ] death . The violent ones are those who do not believe in the mystery and rebel against Tao ...
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able to know acquired unity beautiful become the empire's becomes identical behold benevolence body called Ch'iao Che-yao commentary Comp contend contentedness cultivating Tao dare dark desires edition adds egoism empty enlightened esteem eternal everything existence explanation feared five viscera flee fulness governs a country haircloth heaven and earth highest antiquity Ho-shang-kung holds fast honoured hsüan humanity and justice hurt keep killing king Lao-tse last sentence look lose loves means of Tao merit misfortune missing mouth mysterious nameless natural non-action note on ch nourishes one's peaceful penetrate perfect personality practises asceticism prince quadriga quiet rejected remains Richard Wilhelm root saint semen simplicity sincerity son of heaven spirits splendour stay strives subjects superior take Tao Tao and Te Tao-te-ching Tao-tsang edition reads Tao's Taoist tender and weak Thereby things thinks three jewels translation turbid vanquishes variant Wang Wang Pi wants war horses words Yang-tse-]chiang Yin and Yang