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Tao Teh King

Laozi

Taoism

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1. "THE TAO TEH KING,", para. 1. THE TAO TEH KING,
2. "OR", para. 1. OR
3. "THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS", para. 1. THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
4. "by Lao-Tse", para. 1. by Lao-Tse
5. "Translated by James Legge", para. 1. Translated by James Legge
6. "Contents", para. 1. Contents PART 1. PART II.
7. "PART 1.", para. 1. PART 1. Ch. 1. 1. The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao.
8. "PART 1.", para. 10. 3. 1. Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people f
9. "PART 1.", para. 20. 2. Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost p
10. "PART 1.", para. 27. 2. In loving the people and ruling the state, cannot he proceed without any (purpose
11. "PART 1.", para. 36. 3. Therefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as he honours his own
12. "PART 1.", para. 43. 4. They who preserve this method of the Tao do not wish to be full (of themselves). I
13. "PART 1.", para. 48. 18. 1. When the Great Tao (Way or Method) ceased to be observed, benevolence and righ
14. "PART 1.", para. 58. How know I that it is so with all the beauties of existing things? By this (nature of
15. "PART 1.", para. 65. 24. He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm; he who stretches his legs does
16. "PART 1.", para. 72. 27. 1. The skilful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps; the skilful
17. "PART 1.", para. 81. 2. Wherever a host is stationed, briars and thorns spring up. In the sequence of grea
18. "PART 1.", para. 87. 32. 1. The Tao, considered as unchanging, has no name. 2. Though in its primordial si
19. "PART 1.", para. 96. 3. Hence the sage is able (in the same way) to accomplish his great achievements. It
20. "PART II.", para. 1. PART II. 38. 1. (Those who) possessed in highest degree the attributes (of the Tao) d
21. "PART II.", para. 11. 2. 3. Thus it is that dignity finds its (firm) root in its (previous) meanness, and w
22. "PART II.", para. 21. 3. What other men (thus) teach, I also teach. The violent and strong do not die their
23. "PART II.", para. 36. 2. He diminishes it and again diminishes it, till he arrives at doing nothing (on pur
24. "PART II.", para. 45. 51. 1. All things are produced by the Tao, and nourished by its outflowing operation.
25. "PART II.", para. 55. 2. The great Tao (or way) is very level and easy; but people love the by-ways. 3. The
26. "PART II.", para. 68. 3. (Such an one) cannot be treated familiarly or distantly; he is beyond all consider
27. "PART II.", para. 77. 59. 1. For regulating the human (in our constitution) and rendering the (proper) serv
28. "PART II.", para. 86. 4. The great state only wishes to unite men together and nourish them; a small state
29. "PART II.", para. 95. 64. 1. That which is at rest is easily kept hold of; before a thing has given indicat
30. "PART II.", para. 102. 66. 1. That whereby the rivers and seas are able to receive the homage and tribute of
31. "PART II.", para. 109. 68. 69. 1. A master of the art of war has said, 'I do not dare to be the host (to com
32. "PART II.", para. 119. 3. It is by avoiding such indulgence that such weariness does not arise. 4. Therefore
33. "PART II.", para. 127. 2. The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their supe
34. "PART II.", para. 136. 4. Therefore the (ruling) sage acts without claiming the results as his; he achieves
35. "PART II.", para. 146. 3. I would make the people return to the use of knotted cords (instead of the written