A route through the Daodejing · 5 chaptersLaozi on war

1. 30One who assists a ruler with the Way does not use arms to…not yet coveredOne who assists a ruler with the Way does not use arms to force his will on the world; suc…
2. 31Fine weapons are instruments of ill omennot yet coveredFine weapons are instruments of ill omen; things may detest them, so one who has the Way d…
3. 67All the world says my Way is great but seems unlike anythingnot yet coveredAll the world says my Way is great but seems unlike anything. It is precisely because it i…
4. 68One good at being an officer is not warlikenot yet coveredOne good at being an officer is not warlike; one good at fighting does not get angry; one …
5. 69Those who use troops have a sayingnot yet coveredThose who use troops have a saying: I dare not play the host but play the guest; I dare no…

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 stopThe infant and the newbornPu: the uncarved blockReversal and returnThe Way and namesLaozi and Confucius: humaneness, rightness, ritualHow the sage treats the people