THE CLASSIC BOOK OF I N T E G R I T Y A N D T H E WAY
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Contents
Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Chapter 1 .
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Chapter 2 .
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Chapter 3 .
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Chapter 4 .
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Chapter 5 .
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Chapter 6 .
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Chapter 7 .
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Chapter 8 .
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Chapter 9 .
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Chapter 10 .
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Chapter 11 .
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Chapter 12 .
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Chapter 13 .
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Chapter 14 .
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Chapter 15 .
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Chapter 16 .
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Chapter 17 .
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Chapter 18 .
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Chapter 19 .
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Chapter 20 .
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Chapter 21 .
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Chapter 22 .
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Chapter 23 .
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Chapter 24 .
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Chapter 25 .
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Chapter 26 .
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Chapter 27 .
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Chapter 28 .
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Chapter 29 .
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Chapter 30 .
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Chapter 31 .
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Chapter 32 .
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Chapter 33 .
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Chapter 34 .
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Chapter 35 .
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Chapter 36 .
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Chapter 37 .
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Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Chapter 38 .
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Chapter 40 .
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Chapter 41 .
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Chapter 42 .
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Chapter 43 .
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Chapter 45 .
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Chapter 46 .
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Chapter 47 .
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Chapter 48 .
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Chapter 49 .
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Chapter 50 .
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Chapter 51 .
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Chapter 52 .
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Chapter 62 .
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Chapter 65 .
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Chapter 73 .
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PART 1
Chapter 1 The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things. Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see. Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names. Together we call them the Mystery. Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful.
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Chapter 2
All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of ) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of ) what they want of skill is. So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of ) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of ) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of ) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another. Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech. All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show itself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership; they go through their processes, and there is no
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expectation (of a reward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement). The work is done, but how no one can see; ‘Tis this that makes the power not cease to be.
Chapter 3
Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves; not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to keep their minds from disorder. Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bones. He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without desire, and where there are those who have knowledge, to keep them from presuming to act (on it). When there is this abstinence from action, good order is universal.
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Chapter 4
The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others. How pure and still the Tao is, as if it would ever so continue! I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been before God.
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Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living and one of the wonders of the world. In eighty-one brief chapters, the Tao Te Ching loads at the basic predicament of being alive and gives advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit. This book is about wisdom in action. It teaches how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao (the basic principle of the universe) and applies equally to good government and sexual love, to childrearing, business, and ecology. The Tao Te Ching is the most widely translated book in world literature, after the Bible. Yet the gemlike lucidity of the original has eluded most previous translations, and they have obscured some of its central ideas.
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