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Tao Te Ching Chp. 69

Agnieszka Solska ([email protected])

• From: "Agnieszka Solska" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Tao Te Ching Chp. 69
• Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 19:35:49 +0000

69K

roD jatlh veS po'wI'pu':
<jIHIvchoH 'e' vIngIlbe';
jIHub 'e' vImaS.>
<jIDuvtaHvIS wa' 'uj vIghoS 'e' vIngIlbe'.>
<jIHeDtaHvIS wa' qelI'qam vIghoS 'e' vImaS.>

to'vam [A] DelmeH jatlhlu':
tlhetlhbe'lu'taHvIS tlhetlhlu'.
DeS lu'angbe'lu'taHvIS tlhay luteqlu'.
jagh tu'be'lu'taHvIS yovchoHlu'.
nuH 'uchbe'taHvIS nuH Qachlu'.

jagh Hutlhlu'chugh pagh qab law' Qughvam qab puS.
jagh vIHutlhchugh tlhoS potlhwIj [B] vIchIl.
vaj ghobchuqDI' gholpu'
Qap paywI''e'.

69E

Experts in warfare tend to say:
I dare not launch an attack,
I'd rather mount a defense.
I dare not advance a foot,
I'd rather retreat a mile.

This is called:
Moving forward without moving forward.
Removing the sleeves without baring the arms.
Charging when there is no enemy.
Being armed without holding a weapon.

There is no worse disaster than to have no enemy.
If I have no enemy my treasure is as good as lost.
Thus when opponents engage in battle
It is the grieving side that wins.


[A] I used <to'vam> in Klingon because what the vague "this" refers to is 
the tactic advocated by "experts in warfare".

[B] {potlhwIj}: This is supposed to be a reference to compassion, one of the 
"three treasures" described in Chapter 67.

'ISqu'
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