Tag: Lao Tzu
Notes on 道德經 (Dào Dé Jīng), chapter 36
To shrinkFirst stretch.To be softFirst be hard.To destroyFirst raise up.To stealFirst give away.This is the subtle light.Soft and gentlePrecede hard and strong.Never take a fishfrom its deep.Never displaythe sharp weaponsof a Nation. Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching, Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Translated by John Minford. 2021. This chapter seems to be composed of three parts:…