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The Dao De Jing

All eighty-one chapters of the Mawangdui silk manuscript, published in full. Each carries the text, a reading, and a practice for the week.

01可道之道The Way That Can Be Spoken02天下皆知美之为美Everyone Knows Beauty03不盈之器The Vessel That Is Never Full04道盅而用之The Ancestor of All Things05天地不仁Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane06谷神不死The Valley Spirit Does Not Die07天长地久Heaven Is Long, Earth Is Lasting08上善若水The Highest Good Is Like Water09持而盈之Holding a Full Cup10载营魄抱一Carrying the Soul, Embracing One11三十辐共一毂The Usefulness of the Empty12五色令人目盲The Five Colors Blind the Eye13宠辱若惊Favor and Disgrace Both Startle14视之不见Looked at, It Cannot Be Seen15古之善为士者Muddy Water, Left Still, Clears16致虚极也Reaching the Utmost Emptiness17太上,下知有之The Best Ruler, the People Barely Know18大道废When the Great Way Declines19绝圣弃智Drop Sanctity, Drop Cunning20绝学无忧Alone and Unmoved21孔德之容The Mark of Great Virtue22曲则全Yield and Remain Whole23希言自然Few Words Are Natural24企者不立He Who Stands on Tiptoe25人法地Man Takes His Law from the Earth26重为轻根The Heavy Is the Root of the Light27善行无辙迹The Good Traveller Leaves No Track28知其雄,守其雌Know the Male, Keep to the Female29将欲取天下Whoever Would Take the World30以道佐人主者Whoever Counsels a Ruler by the Way31兵者不祥之器Weapons Are Inauspicious Instruments32道常无名The Way Is Forever Nameless33知人者智Knowing Others Is Wisdom34大道泛兮The Great Way Floods Everywhere35执大象Hold the Great Image36将欲歙之What Would Shrink Must First Be Stretched37道常无为The Way Does Nothing, Yet Nothing Is Left Undone38上德不德Superior Virtue Is Not Virtuous39昔之得一者These Things of Old Gained the One40反者道之动Reversal Is the Movement of the Way41上士闻道The Best Person Is Like Water42道生一The Way Gives Birth to One43天下之至柔The Softest Thing in the World44名与身孰亲Your Name or Your Self45大成若缺Great Perfection Seems Deficient46天下有道When the World Has the Way47不出户Without Going Out the Door48为学日益Learning Adds, the Way Subtracts49圣人常无心The Wise Have No Fixed Mind50出生入死Coming Into Life, Entering Death51道生之,德畜之The Way Gives Birth, Virtue Rears52天下有始The World Has a Beginning53使我介然有知If I Had the Least Knowledge54善建者不拔What Is Well Built Cannot Be Uprooted55含德之厚One Who Holds Thick Virtue Is Like a Child56知者不言Those Who Know Do Not Speak57以正治国Govern the State by Correctness58其政闷闷When Government Is Dull59治人事天In Ruling People and Serving Heaven, Nothing Beats Frugality60治大国若烹小鲜Governing a Great State Is Like Cooking a Small Fish61大国者下流A Great State Is Where the Rivers Flow Down62道者万物之奥The Way Is the Storehouse of All Things63为无为Act Without Acting64慎终如始Be Careful to the End as at the Beginning65古之善为道者The Ancients Who Were Good at the Way66江海所以能为百谷王Rivers and Seas Are Kings of the Valleys67天下皆谓我道大All the World Says My Way Is Great68善为士者不武A Good Officer Is Not Violent69用兵有言The Masters of War Had a Saying70知我者希My Words Are Very Easy to Understand71知不知To Know That You Do Not Know72民不畏威When People Do Not Fear Authority73勇于敢则杀One Dares to Be Bold, One Dares Not74民不畏死When People Do Not Fear Death75民之饥The People Starve76人之生也柔弱Born, a Person Is Soft and Supple77天之道The Way of Heaven Draws the Bow78天下莫柔弱于水Nothing Under Heaven Is Softer Than Water79和大怨Settle a Great Grudge and Some Remains80小国寡民A Small State with Few People81信言不美True Words Are Not Fine

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The Dao De Jing — 81 chapters | Zhen He Sheng