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don't restrict where people dwell don't repress how people live if they aren't repressed they won't protest
thus the sage knows himself but doesn't reveal himself he loves himself but doesn't exalt himself thus he picks this over that
73
Daring to act means death daring not to act means life
of these two one benefits one harms what Heaven hates who knows the reasons
the Way of Heaven wins easily without a fight answers wisely without a word comes quickly without a summons plans ingeniously without a thought
the Net of Heaven is all´embracing it mesh is wide but nothing escapes
74
If people no longer fear death why do we threaten to kill them
and if others fear death and still act perverse and we catch and kill them who else will dare
as long as people fear death the executioner will exist to kill in the executioner's place is to take the carpenter's place who takes the carpenter's place is bound to hurt his hands
75
The reason the people are hungry is because those above levy so many taxes thus the people are hungry
the reason the people are hard to rule is because those above are so forceful thus the people are hard to rule
the reason people think little of death is because those above think so much of life thus the people think little of death meanwhile those who do nothing to live are more esteemed than those who love life
76
When people are born they are soft and supple when they perish they are hard and stiff
when plants shoot forth they are soft and tender when they die they are withered and dry
thus it is said the hard and strong are followers of death the soft and weak are followers of life
when an army becomes strong it suffers defeat when a plant becomes hard it snaps
the hard and strong dwell below the soft and weak dwell above
77
The Way of Heaven is like stringing a bow pulling sown the high lifting up the low shortening the long lengthening the short
the Way of Heaven takes from the long and supplements the short unlike the Way of Man taking from the short and giving to the long
who can find the long and give it to the world only those who find the Way
thus the sage does not presume on what he does or claim what he achieves thus he chooses to hide his skill
78
Nothing in the world is weaker than water but against the hard and the strong nothing excels it for nothing can change it
the soft overcomes the hard the weak overcomes the strong this is something everyone knows but no one is able to practice
thus the sage declares who accepts a country's disgrace we call the lord of soil and grain who accepts a country's misfortune we call king of all under Heaven upright words sound upside down
79
In resolving a great dispute a dispute is sure to remain how can this be good
thus the sage holds the left marker he makes no claim on others
thus the virtuous oversee markers the virtueless oversee taxes
the Way of Heaven favours no one but always helps the good
80
Imagine a small state with a small population let there be labour´saving tools that aren't used let people consider death and not move far
let there be boats and carts but no reason to ride them let there be armour and weapons but no reason to employ them
let people return to the use of knots and be satisfied with their food and pleased with their clothing and content with their homes and happy with their customs
let there be a state so near people hear its dogs and chickens and live out their lives without making a visit
81
True words aren't beautiful beautiful words aren't true
the good aren't eloquent the eloquent aren't good
the wise aren't learned the learned aren't wise
the sage accumulates nothing but the more he does for others the greater his existence the more he gives to others the greater his abundance
the Way of Heaven is to help without harming the Way of the sage is to act without struggling
English_Roberts_TTK
Das Tao Te King von Lao Tse
Chinese ��MWD�察�Guodian�� ´ English by
Moss Roberts�察�2001
1
The Way as �way��bespeaks no common lasting Way��
The name as �name��no common lasting name。
Absent is the name for shy and land�s first life��
Present for the mother of all ten thousand things。
Desire ever absent��
Behold the seed germs of all things��
Desire ever present��
Behold their every finite course。
Forth together come the two
As one and the same
But differ in name。
As one�察�a dark recess
That probed recedes
Past that portal whence
The milling seed germs teem。
2
In every fair the world considers fair
There�s foul��
In every good the world considers good
There�s ill。
For what is what is not yields��
And the harder the easier consummates��
The long the short decides��
And higher lower measures��
Bronze gongs jade chimes join��
And former latter sequence form��
Ever round�察�and round again。
This is why the man of wisdom
Concerns himself with under´acting
And applies the lesson
Of the word unspoken��
That all ten thousand things may come forth
Without his direction��
Live through their lives
Without his possession��
And act of themselves
Unbeholden to him。
To the work he completes
He lays down no claim。
And this has everything to do
With why his claim holds always true。
3
Do not promote those who excel
And folk will have no cause to quarrel。
Prize not goods too hard to find
And people won�t be turned to crime。
The people�s thoughts remain subdued。
Thus under a wise man�s rule
Blank are their minds
But full their bellies��
Meek their wills
But tough their bones。
He keeps the folk
From knowing and craving��
And the intellects
From daring to lead。
By acting himself without taking the lead
Inside his kingdom all is well ruled。
4
Ever void�察�Dao provides
But does not fill。
To a welling font akin��
The living myriad�s sacred source
Is like the darkness of the deep��
There its living presence bides。
Child of whom I cannot tell��
Liken it to the ancestor of ancestors。
5
Heaven and earth refuse kin´kindness��
Treating all things as dogs of straw。
Wise rulers too refuse kin´kindness��
Taking gentlefolk as dogs of straw。
The space that heaven and earth frame
Works like a kiln´bellows and airpipes��
Which thought emptying is not exhausted��
And activated�察�pours more forth。
A ruler�s swiftly spent who speaks too much��
Better for him to guard his inner state。
6
The valley�s daemons never die��
The valley called the dark world womb��
The portal of the dark world womb
They call the tree root of sky and land。
A hidden yet seeming presence��
Use it and stay strong。
7
The heavens last�察�the earth endures。
And the reason why they do��
By disowning what they yield��
Heaven can last and earth endure。
So�察�surely�察�does the world´wise lord��
Who puts his interest far behind
And ends up in the lead��
Who puts his interest to the side
And ends up safe and whole。
Is it not so��
That having nothing to own
He can achieve his goal��
8
Perfect mastery works like water��
A boon to every living creature��
In adverse relation never��
At home where most can abide��
Closest to the Way it lies。
For position�察�favour lower ground��
For thought�察�profundity��
For engaging�察�gentility��
For speaking�察�credibility��
For ruling�察�authority��
For service�察�capability��
For action�察�suitability。
Avoiding confrontation
Eliminates accusation。
There is no other way。
9
Desist before the vessel overruns。
Honed too sharp no blade retains its edge。
Treasure´filled no room remains secure。
Pride in wealth and place yields retribution。
�Tasks complete�察�doers retreat��
Such is heaven�s way。
10
The new´moon soul aborning holds to oneness��
Can you keep it from being divided��
To center all breath´energy�察�to work gently
Can you keep as if newborn��
To purify the eye within
Can you keep without strain��
To care for the people and rule the kingdom
Must you not master under´acting��
Midst ebb and flow from heaven�s gates
Must you not play the female part��
For your vision to reach all quarters
Must you not be unknowing��
Through giving birth and care
Dao gives life without possessing��
Performs without obligating��
Presides without controlling��
Such is the meaning of �hidden power。��br〃
11
Thirty spokes join the wheel nave
And make of void and form a pair��
And a wagon�s put to use。
Clay is thrown to shape a vase
And make of void and form a pair��
And a vessel�s put to use。
Boor and window vent a room
And make of void and