Tao Te Ching: The Book of the Way by Lao Tzu

Author:Lao Tzu [Tzu, Lao]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Religion, Taoism
ISBN: 9780520931213
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2001-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

STANZA 41

1 When men of service hearken to the Way,

2 The lofty strive to see it applied,

3 The average cannot seem to decide,

4 While the lower sort grandly deride.

5 Their derision makes Dao’s reputation.

6 So the Words of Guidance says:

7 “Seers of the Way seem not to see,

8 And those who advance, to retreat.

9 The smoothest path seems unsure,1

10 Honored virtue seems undistinguished,

11 Ample virtue unqualified,

12 Resolute virtue undependable,

13 Stable virtue unfaithful.

14 Pure white seems impure,

15 Broad planes lack angles,

16 Great works take time,

17 Mighty voices rarely sound,

18 Grand vision has no set design,

19 Unknown the Way and thus unnamed.”2

20 But the Way it is, the Way alone,

21 That brings first motions to fruition.3

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