A route through the Daodejing · 5 chaptersThe infant and the newborn

1. 10Carrying the soul and embracing the One, can you keep them…not yet coveredCarrying the soul and embracing the One, can you keep them from parting? Concentrating you…
2. 20Cut off learning and there will be no worriesnot yet coveredCut off learning and there will be no worries. Between a yes and a yeah, how much differen…
3. 28Know the male, keep to the female, and be the ravine of the…not yet coveredKnow the male, keep to the female, and be the ravine of the world. Being the ravine of the…
4. 49The sage has no fixed mind of his ownnot yet coveredThe sage has no fixed mind of his own; he takes the people's minds as his mind. Those who …
5. 55One who holds virtue in its fullness is like a newborn childnot yet coveredOne who holds virtue in its fullness is like a newborn child. Wasps, scorpions, and snakes…

All 81 chapters of the Daodejing

Famous lines that were once written differentlyWhy water is closest to the WayDoes wuwei mean doing nothing?Knowing enough, knowing when to stopLaozi on warPu: the uncarved blockReversal and returnThe Way and namesLaozi and Confucius: humaneness, rightness, ritualHow the sage treats the people