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Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way

Laozi, Ursula K. Le Guin

What does a poem written about twenty five hundred years ago still tell people everywhere about how to live?

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Author
Laozi, Ursula K. Le Guin

Why read it

  • You will find the ordinary street you walk each day treated as the Way itself, with no need to look elsewhere
  • You will question the habit of living only in your head, because Lao Tzu holds that you are your body
  • You will learn to enjoy your life as it is, since Lao Tzu holds that heaven and earth are one

Who it is for

  • A reader who found other Tao Te Ching translations flat
  • Someone stressed and stuck in their head all day
  • A reader curious about ancient Chinese thought from Confucius's time

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. BOOK ONE
  3. 1. Taoing
  4. 2. Soul food
  5. 3. Hushing
  6. 4. Sourceless
  7. 5. Useful emptiness
  8. 6. What is complete
  9. 7. Dim brightness
  10. 8. Easy by nature
  11. 9. Being quiet
  12. 10. Techniques
  13. 11. The uses of not
  14. 12. Not wanting
  15. 13. Shameless
  16. 14. Celebrating mystery
  17. 15. People of power
  18. 16. Returning to the root
  19. 17. Acting simply
  20. 18. Second bests
  21. 19. Raw silk and uncut wood
  22. 20. Being different
  23. 21. The empty heart
  24. 22. Growing downward
  25. 23. Nothing and not
  26. 24. Proportion
  27. 25. Imagining mystery
  28. 26. Power of the heavy
  29. 27. Skill
  30. 28. Turning back
  31. 29. Not doing
  32. 30. Not making war
  33. 31. Against war
  34. 32. Sacred power
  35. 33. Kinds of power
  36. 34. Perfect trust
  37. 35. Humane power
  38. 36. The small dark light
  39. 37. Over all
  40. BOOK Two
  41. 38. Talking about power
  42. 39. Integrity
  43. 40. By no means
  44. 41. On and off
  45. 42. Children of the Way
  46. 43. Water and stone
  47. 44. Fame and fortune
  48. 45. Real power
  49. 46. Wanting less
  50. 47. Looking far
  51. 48. Unlearning
  52. 49. Trust and power
  53. 50. Love of life
  54. 51. Nature, nurture
  55. 52. Back to the beginning
  56. 53. Insight
  57. 55. The sign of the mysterious
  58. 54. Some rules
  59. 56. Mysteries of power
  60. 57. Being simple

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