A route through the Daodejing · 4 chaptersReversal and return

1. 16Reach the utmost emptinessnot yet coveredReach the utmost emptiness; hold fast to stillness. The ten thousand things rise together,…
2. 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…
3. 40Turning back is the movement of the Waynot yet coveredTurning back is the movement of the Way; weakness is the use of the Way. The things of the…
4. 52The world has a beginning, which may be taken as the mother…not yet coveredThe world has a beginning, which may be taken as the mother of the world. Having found the…

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 warThe infant and the newbornPu: the uncarved blockThe Way and namesLaozi and Confucius: humaneness, rightness, ritualHow the sage treats the people