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Post by Bret Walker on Mar 19, 2002 16:48:24 GMT -5
Men are born soft and supple;
dead, they are stiff and hard.
Plants are born tender and pliant;
dead, they are brittle and dry.
Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible
is a disciple of death.
Whoever is soft and yielding
is a disciple of life.
The hard and stiff will be broken.
The soft and supple will prevail.
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Post by jelly belly girl on Mar 19, 2002 21:09:03 GMT -5
8)
i like that one.
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Jomo
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Hitting Shaith
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Post by Jomo on Mar 20, 2002 18:09:27 GMT -5
where would i obtain this tao te ching?
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Post by jelly belly girl on Mar 20, 2002 18:22:02 GMT -5
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Post by Bret Walker on Mar 20, 2002 18:33:39 GMT -5
YAY!!! Jomo posted on my board! I am 1337!!!
Ahem... (composing myself)
I recommend the Stephen Mitchell translation. It's non-gender biased, meaning that the original Chinese text used a pronoun which means both He and She, and so Mr. Mitchell uses them alternately so that the Master may be either a man or a woman. I think that this goes with the original meaning of the Tao as was written by Lao Tzu over 2500 years ago.
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Post by jelly belly girl on Mar 20, 2002 18:39:11 GMT -5
the link i posted seems to use he and she alternately as well, though i haven't read the entire thing. i wonder if there is a link to the translated version by mr. mitchell.
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Post by jelly belly girl on Mar 20, 2002 18:40:43 GMT -5
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Post by Bret Walker on Mar 20, 2002 19:00:03 GMT -5
Oh you so rock ;D
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