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Wisdom does not consist in knowing everything；
The know…alls do not know the Tao。
The Sage does not hoard。 The more he spends himself for others； the more he enriches himself。
The more he fives； the more he gains。
For the Tao of Heaven penetrates all things but harms none。
This； too； is the Tao of the Sage； who acts without contending。
English_RedPine_TTK
Das Tao Te King von Lao Tse
Chinese … English by
Red Pine （Bill Porter）； 1996
1
The way that becomes a way is not the Immortal Way
the name that becomes a name is not the Immortal Name
the maiden of Heaven and Earth has no name
the mother of all things has a name
thus in innocence we see the beginning
in passion we see the end
two different names for one and the same
the one we call dark the dark beyond dark the door to all beginnings
2
All the world knows beauty but if that becomes beautiful this becomes ugly
all the word knows good but if that becomes good this becomes bad
the coexistence of have and have not the coproduction of hard and easy the correlation of long and short
the codependence of high and low the correspondence of note and noise the coordination of first and last is endless
thus the sage performs effortless deeds and teaches wordless lessons
he doesn't start all things he begins he doesn't presume on what he does he doesn't claim what he achieves
and because he makes no claim he suffers no loss
3
Bestowing no honours keeps people from fighting
prizing no treasures keeps people from stealing
displaying no attractions keeps people from making trouble
thus the rule of the sage empties the mind but fills the stomach weakens the will but strengthens the bones
by keeping the people from knowing or wanting and those who know from daring to act
he thus governs them all
4
The Tao is so empty those who use it never become full again
and so deep as if it were the ancestor of us all
dulling our edges untying our tangles softening our light merging our dust
and so clear as if it were present
I wonder whose child it is it seems it was here before the Ti
5
Heaven and Earth are heartless treating creatures like straw dogs
heartless is the sage treating people like straw dogs
between Heaven and Earth how like a bellows empty but inexhaustible each movement produces more
taking only wastes it better to keep it inside
6
The valley spirit that doesn't die we call the dark womb
as real as gossamer silk and yet we can't exhaust it。
The valley spirit that doesn't die we call the dark womb the dark womb's mouth we call the source of creation as real as gossamer silk and yet we can't exhaust it。
7
Heaven is eternal and Earth is immortal
the reason they're eternal and immortal is because they don't live for themselves hence they can live forever
thus the sage pulls himself back but ends up in front
he lets himself go but ends up safe
selflessness must be the reason whatever he seeks he finds
8
The best are like water bringing help to all without competing choosing what others avoid hence approaching the Tao
dwelling with earth thinking with depth helping with kindness speaking with truth
governing with peace working with skill moving with time
and because they don't compete they aren't maligned
9
Instead of pouring in more better stop while you can
making it sharper won't help it last longer
houses full of treasure can never be safe
the vanity of success invites its own failure
retire when your work is done this is the Way of Heaven
10
Can you hold fast your crescent soul and not let it wander
can you make your breath as soft as a baby's
can you wipe your Dark Mirror free of dust
can you love people and lead them without imposing your will？ can you serve and govern without effort
can you be the female at Heaven's Gate
can you light up the world without knowledge
beget things and keep them but beget without possessing keep without controlling this is Dark Virtue
11
Thirty spokes converge on a hub but it's the emptiness that makes a wheel work
pots are fashioned from clay but it's the hollow that make a pot work
windows and doors are carved for a house but it's the spaces that make a house work
existence makes something useful but nonexistence makes it work
12
The five colours make our eyes blind the five tones make our ears deaf the five flavours make our mouths numb
riding and hunting make our minds wild hard…to…get goods make us break laws
thus the rule of the sage puts the stomach ahead of the eyes thus he picks this over that
13
Favour and disgrace are like warnings honour and disaster are like the body
and why are favour and disgrace like warnings favour means descending to gain it is like a warning to lose it is like a warning thus are favour and disgrace like warnings
and why are honour and disaster like the body the reason we have disaster is because we have a body if we didn't have a body we wouldn't have disaster
who honours is body as much as the world can be entrusted with the world who loves his body as much as the world can be encharged with the world
14
We look but don't see it and call it indistinct we listen but don't hear it and call it faint we reach but don't grasp it and call it ethereal
three failed means to knowledge I weave into one
with no light above and no shade below too fine to be named returning to nothing
this is the formless form the immaterial image this is the waxing waning we meet without seeing its face we follow without seeing its back
holding onto this very Way we rule this very realm and discover its ancient past this is the thread of the Way
15
The ancient masters of the Way aimed at the indiscernible and penetrated the dao
you would never know them I describe them with reluctance they were careful as if crossing a river in winter cautious as if worried about neighbours reserved like guests
ephemeral like melting ice simple like uncarved wood open like valleys and murky like puddles
but a puddle becomes clear when it's still and stillness becomes alive when it's roused
those who treasure this Way don't try to be full not trying to be full they can hide and stay hidden
16
Let limits be empty the center be still
ten thousand things rise we watch them return creatures without number all return to their roots
return to their roots to be still to be still to revive to revive to endure knowing how to endure is wisdom not knowing is to suffer in vain
knowing how to endure is to be all…embracing all embracing means impartial impartial means the king the king means Heaven Heaven means the Way
and the Way means long life life without trouble。
17
During the High Ages people knew they were there then people loved and praised them then they fear