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It resembles not what is expected。
Just because of its greatness�察�it resembles to what is expected。
Otherwise�察�it would have become insignificant long ago。
I have three treasures�察�keep and treasure them��
The first is to love��
The second is to conserve�察�and
The third is dare not be the first in the world。
Be able to conserve�察�then you can be courageous。
Be able to conserve�察�then you can be generous。
Dare not to be the first in the world�察�then you can be the leader。
Now��
To abandon love and be courageous��
To abandon conservation and be generous��
To abandon no be the first in the world and rush ahead。
This is fatal��
Because of love�察�you will be victorious in battle�察�and invincible in Defense��
When Heaven is about to save you�察�it protects you with love。
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A good statesman does not rely on his military strength��
A good fighter does not lose his temper��
A good winner does not argue with his adversary��
A good employer of talents places himself below them。
This is the virtue of no contention��
This is the strength of managing talents��
This is the adaptation to Heaven��
The ultimate standard of old。
69
The military strategist says��
I dare not be an aggressor�察�but a defender��
I dare not advance an inch�察�but to retreat a foot。
This implies that we��
March without formation��
Raise no arms��
Face enemies undetected�察�and
Hold hidden weapons。
There is no greater danger than underestimating the enemy��
Underestimating the enemy nearly destroys my treasures。
Therefore��
When to armies of equal strength go to battle��
The aggrieved side wins。
70
My teachings are very easy to understand and very easy to practice。
But the world cannot understand them�察�nor practice them。
There are��
Principles in my teachings�察�and
Philosophy governing my undertakings。
Simply because of ignorance�察�people do not understand me。
Those who do are few�察�those who practice my teachings are rare。
Thus the sage is clothed in rags but hides a precious jade inside。
71
Knowing what you do not know is the best��
Pretending to know what you do not know is a disease。
Only be treating the disease as a disease��
Can one be free from it。
The sage is free from the disease
Because he treats the disease as a disease��
Therefore he is free from it。
72
When the people are no longer afraid of the power of authority��
Then the awesome power of authority descends with a vengeance。
Do not disturb the people in their habitats��
Do not choke off their means of livelihood。
Only by not being oppressive�察�will people feel not oppressed。
Therefore a wise ruler��
Knows his authority�察�but does not show of his power��
Values self´respect�察�but does not exalt his position。
Thus he chooses this and rejects the other。
73
To be brave in daring results in a killing��
To be brave in not daring results in life。
Of the two�察�one is beneficial�察�the other harmful。
Whatever Heaven disfavours��
Who knows the reason��
��Thus even the sage considers this a difficult question。��
The way of heaven is good at��
Winning without striving��
Responding without announcing��
Forthcoming without prompting�察�and
Planing without haste。
The net of Heaven is extremely vast��
It is coarse but not leaking。
74
When the people are not afraid to die
Why then threaten them with death��
Even if they normally are fearful of death��
For worst offenders�察�we may seize and kill them。
But who dares to execute��
There is always an expert executioner who kills。
Substituting for an expert executioner��
Is like hacking wood in place of a master carpenter。
Whoever substitutes for the master carpenter��
He seldom escapes injury of his own hand。
75
The people are hungry�察�because
Their ruler consumes too much of their tax grains。
That is why they are hungry。
The people become difficult to govern�察�because
Their ruler takes willful actions��
That is why they are difficult to govern。
The people take death lightly�察�because
Their ruler demands too much for his luxurious life。
That is why they take death lightly。
Only he who does not overvalue his own life excels in valuing life。
76
A human body is weak and pliable at birth�察�and is stiff and hard at death。
Grass and trees are tender and soft at birth�察�and are dry and brittle at death。
Therefore��
The hard and strong belong to the company of death��
The soft and weak belong to the company of life。
It follows then��
A strong army is destined to be destroyed��
A hard wood tree is doomed to be broken。
The hard and strong are in an inferior position��
The soft and weak are in a superior position。
77
Is Heaven�s way like aiming an extended bow��
If aiming too high�察�lower it��
If aiming too high�察�raise it。
Thus��
The surplus is reduced and the needy supplemented。
The way of Heaven is to reduce the surplus so as to supplement the needy。
The way of Mankind is just the opposite��
It takes away from the needy so as to enrich the surplus。
Who would offer their surpluses to the world��
Only followers of Tao。
So the sage it to��
Care for but not to master��
Complete the work without claiming credit�察�and
Avoid recognition of his achievements。
78
Nothing in the world is softer and weaker than water。
Yet there is nothing better for conquering the hard and strong�察�and there is no substitute for it。
That the weak overcomes the strong and
The soft overcomes the hard��
Is understood by the entire world��
But non can practice it。
So the sage says��
One who suffers disgrace for the state is qualified to be its leader。
One who caries the burden of the state�s misfortune is fit to be its king。
The words of truth sound contrarian。
79
Deep grievances can be ameliorated�察�but residual ones remain。
How can this situation be improved��
Thus��
The sage holds the left half of the debt instrument�察�and never abuses the debtor。
A person of virtue just keeps the left portion�察�but
A person of no virtue abuses the debtor。
The way of Heaven is neutral��
But it always sides with the virtuous person。
80
There exists a small state with a few people。
Wherein��
Plenty of useful tools are not being used。
Valuing life�察�the people do not migrate faraway。
Though there are boats and carriages�察�no one rides in them。
Let the people return to the time of tying knots on ropes for reckoning。
Let them��
Enjoy their food��
Beautify their clothing��
Live in peace at home�察�and
Be happy with their heritage。
The people in neighbouring states are within sight of each other��
The crowing of cocks and barking of dogs are heard from each other��
Yet the people die of old age without visiting with each other。
81
Credible words are not artful��
Artful words are not credible。
An objective person does not argue��
A person who argues is not objective。
He who knows the truth may not be erudite��
He who is erudite may not know the truth。
The sage does not hoard for himself��
The more he benefits others the happier he becomes��
The more he gives away to others the wealthier he feels。
The way of Heaven�察�benefits all�察�harms none。
The way of the sage�此�be helpful to all�察�contentious against none。
English_Chilcott_TTK
Das Tao Te King von Lao Tse
Chinese ´ English by
Tim Chilcott�察�2005
1
The Way that can be spoken of
is not the changeless DAO。
The name that can be named
is not the changeless Name。
Namelessness�此�the blank that was before both heaven and earth。
Naming�此�the mother of all living things。
To understand the mysteries of DAO�察�empty yourself of all desire��
to understand its outward forms�察�fill yourself with all desire。
DAO and the world flow from the same source�察�but differ in name。
Their oneness is a mystery�察�a mystery upon a mystery��
the gateway to the essence of everything that is。
2
The whole world recognises what is beautiful
only because of ugliness。
The whole world recognises what is good
only because of sin。
Being and non´being have a common birth。
Hard and easy complement each other��
long and short off´set each other��
high and low are measured by each other��
text and voice harmonise with each other�察�*
before and after follow one another。 **
Those who have attained enlightenment
act without acting
teach without speaking。
Ten thousand things arise�察�the enlightened make no claim on them��
they give them life without possessing them��
they nourish them without expecting gratitude��
they finish what they have to do without claiming recognition。
It is because they make no claim to recognition
that they are recognised for ever。
* yin sheng�此�text and voice
Although both yin and sheng have clear musical connotations�察�the exact contrast here is harder to establish。 Yin has been variously translated as �tone/note/sound/pitch/treble�拭�and sheng as �voice/melody/mood/silence�拭�Since the two terms must be in some kind of opposition to each other�察�given the immediately preceding contrasts�察�the difference between the written word ���text�拭�and the sung or spoken word ���voice�拭�may offer a reasonable interpretation。
** qian hou xiang sui�此�before and after follow one another
qian and hou can also be translated as �front��and �back�拭�or �future��and �past�拭�Whichever rendering is preferred�察�the underlying image is of the unbroken cycle of a circle�察�where any moment of time�察�or any point in space�察�are simultaneously both before and after all other moments and points in the circle。
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