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Tao Te Ching
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The Tao Te Ching is a truly masterful work.
Here I will quote my favorite poem in the world. Although not from the Tao Te Ching, it is somewhat Taoist in flavor and sentiment:
THE WEAKER THE WINE (by Su Tung Po, Chinese, 12th Century AD)
The weaker the wine, The easier it is to drink two cups. The thinner the robe, The easier it is to wear it double. Ugliness and beauty are opposites, But when you’re drunk, one is as good as the other. Ugly wives and quarrelsome concubines, The older they grow, the more they’re alike. Live unknown if you would realize your end. Follow the advice of your common sense. Avoid the Imperial Audience Chamber, the Eastern Flowery Hall. The dust of the times and the wind of the Northern Pass. One hundred years is a long time, But at last it comes to an end. Meanwhile it is no greater accomplishment To be a rich corpse or a poor one. Jewels of jade and pearl are put in the mouths Of the illustrious dead To conserve their bodies. They do them no good, but after a thousand years, They feed the robbers of their tombs. As for literature, it is its own reward. Fortunately fools pay little attention to it. A chance for graft Makes them blush with joy. Good men are their own worst enemies. Wine is the best reward of merit. In all the world, good and evil, Joy and sorrow, are in fact Only aspects of the Void.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 44095088 Said master Ito to master Jin, "the ego has no place in ken-do." Said master Jin, "the ego has no place."
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