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Tao Te Ching Chp. 78

Agnieszka Solska ([email protected])

• From: "Agnieszka Solska" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Tao Te Ching Chp. 78
• Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:35:09 +0000

'op Hogh ret latlh 'ay' vIlabtaHvIS bong 'ay'vam je vIlab.
DaH chIch vIlab 'ej QInwIj vIperchu'.

78K
qo' HochDaq pagh tun law' bIQ tun puS.
pagh puj law' bIQ puj puS.
'ach letwI' HoSwI' joq HIvmeH nIvwI' tu'be'lu'.
bIQ tammeH pagh qa'meH tu'lu'.

HoSwI' jey pujwI'.
letwI' jey tunwI'.
'e' Sovbej Hoch nuv.
'ach Sovvam lo'ba' pagh.

vaj maq yajchu'wI':
Sep quvHa'ghach DaSIQchugh
Sep latmey jaw Damoj.
Sep Do'Ha'ghaj DaSIQchugh
qo' voDleD Damoj.

mujlaw' mu'mey lugh. [A]

78E
There is nothing in the world softer than water.
And there's nothing weaker.
Yet for attacking the hard and strong there is nothing better.
There is no substitute for it.

What is weak defeats what's strong.
What is soft defeats what's hard.
This is something known to all.
Yet this knowledge is used by none.

That's why the sage declares:
If you bear the country's dishonor you'll become
the lord of its shrines
If you bear the country's misfortune you'll become
the king of the world.

True words seem to sound wrong.

[A] Many commentators have noted that this line seems out of place here. It 
would fit better after Chapter 41 or 45.

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