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Those who do not value their lives are wiser than those who overvalue their lives。
76
Man ahs a soft and weak body when he is alive��
Whereas his body becomes hard and rigid after his death。
All things�察�grasses and trees have tender twigs and branches when they are alive��
Whereas they become dry and withered when they are dead。
Therefore the hard and strong belong to death��
Whereas the soft and weak belong to life。
Thus the armed forces will be shattered when they become strong��
And trees will be broken when they grow strong。
The hard and strong are in the inferior position��
And the soft and weak are in the superior position。
77
Does not he Way ��Tao�� of Heaven resemble drawing a bow ��and aiming an arrow at the target����
When it is high�察�it will be brought down��
When it is low�察�it will be raised up��
When it is overfull�察�it will be diminished��
And when it is not full�察�it will be supplemented。
It is the Way of Heaven to diminish the excessive�察�so as to supplement the deficient。
This is not so with the Way of man ´
It takes away from those who have not enough so as to supply those who have superabundance。
Who can supply all the people under Heaven by diminishing the excessive��
Only the man who has ;Tao。;
Therefore the sage promotes all things�察�but does not think the effort as his own��
Achieves merit�察�but does not claim credit for himself��
And does not wish to parade his wisdom and ability。
78
Nothing under Heaven is softer and weaker than water��
But in attacking the hard and strong�察�no force can compare with it��
For nothing can take its place。
The reason why the weak can overcome the strong and the soft can overcome the heard is known to all the people under Heaven��
But none would follow and practice it。
Therefore the sage said��
He who bears humiliation of the whole state can be the sovereign of the country。
He who bears the disaster of the whole state can be the king of all under Heaven。
Positive words seem to be negative。
79
When an attempt has been made to reconcile two sides in a great enmity�察�and there is surely some enmity remaining��
How can this be a good thing��
So�察�although the sage hold the counterfoil of receipt��
He does not force the debtor to pay back。
The moral man is as calm and unhurried as a bookkeeper is��
And the immoral man is as calculating as a rent collector is ��while he is collecting the rent��。
The Tao of Heaven has no partiality for any reason�察�and always helps the good man。
80
Let the state be small�察�and let the population be sparse。
Though there are various kinds of instruments�察�let them not be used��
Let the people not risk their lives�察�not move to distant places��
Though there be boats and carriages��
There is no occasion to ride in them��
Though there are weapons and military equipment��
There is no occasion to display them。
Let the people return to the use of knotted cord sin recording events�察�delight in their food�察�dress in beauty�察�dwell in comfort�察�and enjoy their life。
The neighbouring states are within sight of each other�察�and the cries of roosters and dogs can be heard by one another��
But the people do not have any contact with each other until they die of old age。
81
Sincere words are not fine��
Fine words are not sincere。
A good man is not eloquent��
An eloquent man is not good。
He who knows does not show off his learning��
He who shows off his learning does not know。
The sage has nothing to reserve。
He gains more since he does his utmost to help others��
And gets richer since he gives all to others。
The Tao of Heaven is beneficial to all things�察�but not harmful。
The Tao of the sage is to compete against nobody in what he does。
English_Kline_TTK
Das Tao Te King von Lao Tse
English by
A。 S。 Kline�察�2003
1
The Way ´ cannot be told。
TheName ´ cannot be named。
The nameless is the Way of Heaven and Earth。
The named is Matrix of the Myriad Creatures。
Eliminate desire to find the Way。
Embrace desire to know the Creature。
The two are identical��
But differ in name as they arise。
Identical they are called mysterious��
Mystery on mystery��
The gate of many secrets。
2
The world knows beauty as beauty��
So there is then ugliness。
The world knows good as good��
So there is then the bad。
As is and is´not create each other��
The hard and easy define each other��
The long and short delimit each other��
The high and low depend on each other��
Voice and music harmonise with each other��
Last and next follow each other。
So the wise adhere to action through non´action��
And communicate the teaching without words。
From the Way come the myriad creatures
Yet it imposes no authority。
It gives them life without possession。
It benefits them but asks no thanks。
It does its work but claims no merit。
Because it claims no merit
Merit is never lacking in it。
3
Don�t give honours to the worthy��
Protect people from ambition。
Don�t value scarce things��
Protect the people from envy。
Don�t show what�s desired��
Keep people from temptation。
So�察�in governing�察�the wise
Empty the mind
But fill the stomach��
Weaken ambition
But strengthen the bones��
Keep things free of
Desire and learning��
So the clever take no action。
Act without taking action
And things will be in order。
4
The Way is full�此�use won�t empty it。
Deep is the matrix of the myriad creatures。
Blunt the sharp��
Loosen the knots��
Dim the glare��
Follow old tracks。
Shadowy�察�it seems hardly there。
I don�t know whose child it is。
It seems like the ancestral form。
5
Heaven and earth are ruthless��
Trampling the myriad creatures like straw dogs。
The wise are ruthless��
Considering the people as straw dogs。
The space between earth and heaven��
Isn�t it like a bellows��
It�s empty but never exhausted。
The more it works the more flows out。
Much speech leads in the end to silence。
Better to hold fast to the Void。
6
The spirit of the valley never dies。
It is called the mysterious female。
The gate of the mysterious female
Is called the root of heaven and earth。
Barely seen�察�it hardly seems there��
Yet use will never exhaust it。
7
Heaven and Earth endure��
By not endowing themselves with life。
Then they can be long´lived。
So the wise place Self last��
And it comes first��
Call it other than themselves��
And it persists。
By not thinking of Self
The personal goal is achieved。
8
The highest virtue is like water。
Since water helps the myriad creatures��
And settles�察�without contention��
Where no one wishes to live��
It is near to the Way。
In a house position matters。
In mental quality depth matters。
In friends kindness matters。
In speaking honesty matters。
In government order matters。
In transactions ability matters。
In actions promptness matters。
By not contending it never errs。
9
Rather than filling it overfull
Better to stop in time。
Sharpen it to a point
The edge won�t last forever。
Gold and jade may fill the house
But no one can retain them。
Boasting of wealth and virtue��
Brings trouble on oneself。
Reticence when the job is done��
Is the Way of heaven。
10
Carrying your spiritual body on your head
Can you embrace the One and not let go��
Concentrating the breath
Can you become supple as a child��
Can you polish the mysterious mirror
And leave no mark��
Can you love the people and rule the state
Without indulging in action��
When the gates of heaven open and close��
Can you keep to the female role��
When your mind penetrates the four directions
Are you able to know nothing��
It gives them life and nurtures。
It gives them life without possession。
It benefits them but asks no thanks。
It holds but imposes no authority。
Such is the mysterious virtue。
11
Thirty spokes
Round one hub。
Employ the nothing inside
And you can use a cart。
Knead the clay to make a pot。
Employ the nothing inside
And you can use a pot。
Cut out doors and windows。
Employ the nothing inside
And you can use a room。
What is achieved is something��
By employing nothing it can be used。
12
The five colours blind us。
The five notes deafen us。
The five tastes deaden us。
Pursuing and catching
Disturb the mind。
Wanting scarce things
Delays our progress。
So the wise are��
For the stomach
And not the eye。
Taking the one�察�they leave the other。
13
Favour and loss of it both disturb us。
Rank and body are both a problem。
What�s meant by �favour and loss of it both disturb us��
Favour disturbs the subject when it�s given
As much as it does when it�s taken away。
That�s what�s meant by �favour and loss of it both disturb us��
What�s meant by �rank and body are both a problem��
I�ve problems because I have a body。
When I�ve no body where�s my problem��
Who values the body even more than the empire��
Can be trusted with the empire。
Who loves the body even more than the empire��
Can be a custodian of the empire。
14
What cannot be seen is called indistinguishable。
What cannot be heard is called indistinct。
What cannot be touched is called indefinite。
The three can�t be comprehended
So they�re confused and considered one。
Its surface is not bright。
Its depths are not obscured。
Dimly seen it can�t be named
So returns to the insubstantial。
This is the shapeless shape��
The form witho
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