Tao Te Ching · selected chapters

Twelve chapters.

Not the whole book — twelve places worth returning to. Each one has the Chinese text, a new English translation, a plain reading, and one thing you can do today.
1 The way that can be spoken 道可道 8 The highest good is like water 上善若水 11 The usefulness of what is not there 三十辐共一毂 16 Return to the root 致虚极，守静笃 22 Bend and stay whole 曲则全 33 Knowing yourself 知人者智 37 Nothing left undone 道常无为 44 Fame or your life 名与身孰亲 48 Subtraction 为学日益 64 Begin before it begins 其安易持 76 Soft and supple 人之生也柔弱 81 True words are not pleasant 信言不美

After reading, look at yourself

Twelve questions, three minutes. Four scores, one place to move next.

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