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The Way of Tao
Tao Te Ching
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Tao Te Ching
81 chapters of Laozi's wisdom, with Chinese text, pinyin, and James Legge's 1891 translation.
1
The Nameless and the Named
道可道，非常…
2
The Unity of Opposites
天下皆知美之…
3
Keeping the People Simple
不尚贤，使民…
4
The Unfathomable Source
道冲而用之或…
5
Nature's Impartiality
天地不仁，以…
6
The Spirit of the Valley
谷神不死，是…
7
The Selflessness of Heaven and Earth
天长地久。天…
8
The Way of Water
上善若水，水…
9
Retiring When the Work is Done
持而盈之，不…
10
Embracing the One
载营魄抱一，…
11
The Use of Emptiness
三十辐共一毂…
12
Guarding the Senses
五色令人目盲…
13
Loathing Disgrace
宠辱若惊，贵…
14
The Formless Form
视之不见名曰…
15
The Ancient Masters
古之善为士者…
16
Returning to the Root
致虚极，守静…
17
The Subtle Ruler
太上，不知有…
18
The Decline of the Great Way
大道废，有仁…
19
Returning to Simplicity
绝圣弃智，民…
20
Being Different from Others
绝学无忧。唯…
21
The Heart of Emptiness
孔德之容，唯…
22
The Yielding Overcomes
曲则全，枉则…
23
Words Sparingly Used
希言自然。故…
24
Excess and Indulgence
企者不立；跨…
25
The Great and the Distant
有物混成，先…
26
Gravity and Stillness
重为轻根，静…
27
Skillful Action
善行无辙迹；…
28
Returning to Simplicity
知其雄，守其…
29
Taking No Action
将欲取天下而…
30
Warning Against War
以道佐人主者…
31
The Horror of Weapons
夫佳兵者，不…
32
The Virtue of Knowing When to Stop
道常无名。朴…
33
Knowing Oneself
知人者智，自…
34
The Great Tao Flows Everywhere
大道泛兮，其…
35
Holding Fast to the Great Form
执大象，天下…
36
The Subtle Light
将欲歙之，必…
37
The Transformation Through Stillness
道常无为而无…
38
The Highest Virtue
上德不德，是…
39
Attaining Oneness
昔之得一者：…
40
Returning is the Movement of Tao
反者道之动；…
41
Scholars Hear of the Tao
上士闻道，勤…
42
The Tao Produces All Things
道生一，一生…
43
The Softest Overcomes the Hardest
天下之至柔，…
44
Fame or Life
名与身孰亲？…
45
The Greatest Perfection
大成若缺，其…
46
Contentment
天下有道，却…
47
Knowing Without Going Outside
不出户，知天…
48
Pursuing Learning and Pursuing Tao
为学日益，为…
49
The Sage Has No Fixed Mind
圣人无常心，…
50
The Preservation of Life
出生入死。生…
51
The Mysterious Virtue
道生之，德畜…
52
Returning to the Mother
天下有始，以…
53
Walking the Great Way
使我介然有知…
54
Cultivating Virtue
善建者不拔，…
55
The Power of Inner Virtue
含德之厚，比…
56
The Mystic Unity
知者不言，言…
57
Governing with Simplicity
以正治国，以…
58
Transformation Through Virtue
其政闷闷，其…
59
Guarding the Tao
治人事天，莫…
60
Governing a Great State
治大国，若烹…
61
The Virtue of Humility
大国者下流，…
62
The Treasure of Tao
道者万物之奥…
63
Acting Without Action
为无为，事无…
64
Attending to Small Things
其安易持，其…
65
The Virtue of Simplicity
古之善为道者…
66
Placing Oneself Below
江海所以能为…
67
The Three Treasures
天下皆谓我道…
68
The Virtue of Non-Contention
善为士者不武…
69
The Use of the Mysterious
用兵有言：吾…
70
Knowing the Difficulty
吾言甚易知，…
71
The Disease of Knowing
知不知，上；…
72
Loving the Self
民不畏威，则…
73
Daring and Not Daring
勇于敢则杀，…
74
Restraining Delusion
民不畏死，奈…
75
Greed of Rulers
民之饥，以其…
76
The Soft Overcomes the Hard
人之生也柔弱…
77
The Way of Heaven
天之道，其犹…
78
Nothing Weaker Than Water
天下莫柔弱于…
79
Keeping Faith
和大怨，必有…
80
A Small State
小国寡民。使…
81
The Way of Heaven Does Not Strive
信言不美，美…