Twenty-Second Chapter: Tao-te Ching
Twenty-Second Chapter: Tao-te Ching To yield is to be preserved whole. To be bent is to become straight. To be empty is to be full. To be worn out is to be renewed. To have little is to possess. To have plenty is to be perplexed. Therefore the sage embraces Tao within And becomes the model of the world. He does not display himself; people see his light. He does not justify himself; people trust him. He is not full; people see themselves in him He does not brag; people see themselves in him. The ancient saying, "To yield is to be preserved whole," are not empty words? He does not demand and desire; things are attracted to him # As I understand it: The supreme quality of a sage is flexibility. When destructive energy comes his way he feels it and allows it to...
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