古道新理

Foreword

Inscriptions of Chinese Culture

001 The Tao that Can be Told

002 Why Can Angels Fly?

003 Look up at the Stars

004 The Highest Good Is Water

005 An Unanchored Boat

006 Know the Male and Stay With the Female

007 Do Nothing and Do Everything

008 Gain and Loss

009 The Dragon Is Coming

010 The Hour of Death

011 Living Between the Two

012 The Law of the Tao Is Its Being What It Is

013 The Battlefield of Life

Appendix: Tao Te thing

For me happiness consists of three things: readingthe most wonderful books inthe world, meeting the most wonderful people in theworld and visiting the mostwonderful places in the world. Where, you mightask, are the most wonderfulplaces in the world? The benevolent see benevolenceand the wise see wisdom.Let us not talk about this forthe moment. Lao Tze is one of the most wonderful people to have everdrawn breath on the earth. His wisdom has been admired by people from all over the world for millennia. The Tao Te Ching is one of themost wonderful books ever created. Every single sentence is striking.The first sentence echoes like the peal of a large bell lying at the bottom of the sea as it breaks the waves of the surface. "The Tao that can be toldis not the eternal Tao." The Tao can be sensed but cannot be expressedin words. One would think that great waves should surge in the heartof Lao Tze, but he speaks calmly.