tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 17 14:39:27 2003
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RE: Tao Te Ching Chp. 50
- From: "Agnieszka Solska" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Tao Te Ching Chp. 50
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:33:13 +0000
jIQIj:
>[B] The thirteen passageways are supposed to be a reference to the thirteen
>orifices in the human body which are like gates through which the life
>force can enter or leave.
SIv DloraH:
>wa'maH wej lutu'lu''a'?! hmm...
loQ jImuj. The reference really was to the limbs and cavities of the body or
to emotions:
The "thirteen" [...] are variously identified
as the four limbs and nine cavities of the body, or
the four passages (ears, eyes, nose, and mouth) and
the nine cavities, or the seven emotions (delight,
anger, grief, fear, love, hate and desire) and the six
desires (of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind).
[Henricks, Te-Tao Ching, p. 122]
'ISqu'
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