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Title: The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics
Author: Laozi
Translator: James Legge
Release date: February 1, 1995 [eBook #216]
Most recently updated: May ll, 2015
Language: English
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THE TAO TEH KING,
OR
THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
PART 1.
Ch. 1. 1. The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.
2. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all
3.
Always without desire we must be found,
If its deep mystery we would sound;
But if desire always within us be,
Its outer fringe is all…