[display_podcast] Chapter 80 A small country has few people. Weapons are far more numerous than the people, but they are not used. Let people be serious about death and enjoy a long journey. Though there are carriages and boats, they are not useful for travel. Let people return to: Use the technique of knotting the [...]
[display_podcast] Chapter 79 Reconciling a great hatred necessarily entails unsolved hatred. How can this be kindful? So the sage honors the left-hand tally but does not blame people. Before the kind Action, hold onto the tally. Before the kindless Action, hold onto the openness. The Tao of heaven is impersonal. It enhances those who are [...]
[display_podcast] Chapter 78 Nothing in the world is softer and more supple than water. When confronting strength and hardness nothing can overcome it. Using nothing simplifies. Using water overcomes hardness. Using weakness overcomes strength. There is no one in the world who does not know it, but no one can apply it. So it is [...]
[display_podcast] Chapter 77 The Tao of heaven is like drawing a bow. The high bends down, The low rises up. The surplus decreases, Insufficiency is supplied. So the Tao of heaven reduces what is surplus and enhances what is insufficient. The human Tao reduces what is insufficient and caters to the surplus. Who can use [...]
[display_podcast] Chapter 76 When people are born, they are soft and gentle. When they die, they are stiff and callous. When myriad things, grasses and trees, are born, they are soft and tender. When they die, they are withered. So stiffness and callousness are the company of death. Softness and suppleness are the company of [...]
[display_podcast] Chapter 75 The reason people are starving is because the government taxes too much. This is the reason for starvation. The reason people are hard to govern is because their leaders are actively engaged. This is why they are hard to govern. The reason people are not serious about death is because they seek [...]
