A route through the Daodejing · 6 chaptersThe Way and names

1. 1The Way that can be told is not the constant Waynot yet coveredThe Way that can be told is not the constant Way; the name that can be named is not the co…
2. 14Looked at but not seen, it is called the invisiblenot yet coveredLooked at but not seen, it is called the invisible; listened to but not heard, it is calle…
3. 21The bearing of great virtue follows the Way alonenot yet coveredThe bearing of great virtue follows the Way alone. The Way as a thing is elusive and evasi…
4. 25There was a thing formed in chaos, born before heaven and…not yet coveredThere was a thing formed in chaos, born before heaven and earth. Silent and empty, standin…
5. 32The Way is constant and namelessnot yet coveredThe Way is constant and nameless. The uncarved block, though small, no one in the world ca…
6. 41When the best scholars hear of the Way, they practice it…not yet coveredWhen the best scholars hear of the Way, they practice it diligently. When middling scholar…

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