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Chapters 1-20
Chapters 21-40
Chapters 41-60
Chapters 61-81
Chapter and Thematic Index
Chapters 1-20
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Chapter 1 What is the Tao, Reason's
Realization, Embodying the Tao, The Inadequacy of Names, Mysteries, 體道
Chapter 2 Self-Development, Comparisons, Working on the Self, 養身
Chapter 3
Controlling Desires, Quieting the People, Limiting Actions, Wise Leaders
Exercise Restraint,
Keeping the People at Rest,
安民
Chapter 4 The Ancestor of all Things, Great Obscurity, 無源
Chapter 5 The Value of Emptiness, Impartiality, Straw Dogs, The Bellows, Less Talking, The Uses of Emptiness, 虛用
Chapter 6 The Valley Spirit, The
Completion of Material Forms, The Infinitude of Creative Effort,
The Mysterious
Female, 成象
Chapter 7 Humility, Dimming Radiance, Sheathing the Light, 韜光
Chapter 8
The Nature of Goodness, Like Water, Easy by Nature, The Placid and Contented Nature,
Low like Water, 易性
Chapter 9 Moderation, Practicing Placidity, Fullness and Complacency Contrary to the Dao, 運夷
Chapter 10 What is Possible, What Can Be Done, Possibilities Through the Dao, 能為
Chapter 11 The Value of Empty Space, Empty Cup, Uses for the Non-Existent, 無用
Chapter 12 Reduce Desires, Attend to the Inner Not the Outer, Insatiable Longing of
the Eyes,
Avoid Racing and Hunting, Excesses Offend the Senses, 檢欲
Chapter 13 Loathing Shame, Favors and Disgrace, Honor and Dishonor, No Body No Heartaches, 厭恥
Chapter 14
In Praise of the Profound; It is Colorless, Silent, and Subtle; The
Manifestation of the Mystery,
Form of the Formless,
Something Shapeless, Elusive and Evasive, Nameless, 贊玄
Chapter 15 That
Which Reveals Virtue: Cautious, Grave, Reserved, Illusive, Unpretentious,
Simple, Humble, Still, Empty;
Qualities of Masters of the Dao: Subtle, Profound, Penetrating, Spiritual, 顯德
Chapter 16
Returning to the Root, Knowing the Eternal, Ten Thousand Things Arising and
Returning to the Source,
Community of Feeling, Freedom from Fear of Aging, 歸根
Chapter 17 Simplicity of Habits, Faith in Rulers, Independence of People, 淳風
Chapter 18 The Decay of Manners, The Deterioration of Society, Disharmony and Disorder, 俗薄
Chapter 19 Return to Simplicity, Renounce Scheming and Contriving, Lessen Desires, Be Plain and True, 還淳
Chapter 20
Being Different from Ordinary People, Isolation of the Sage, Doubts of the
Hermit,
Uselessness of the Wise Man, 異俗
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Chapters 21-40
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Chapter 21 Emptying the Heart, Eluding Sensations, Deep
and Obscure, Never Vanishing,
Profound,
Quintessential Energy,
Heart of Emptiness, Knowledge Through the Dao,
虛心
Chapter 22 Humility, Few Desires, Crooked Becomes Straight, Partial Becomes Complete, Increase by Humility, 益謙
Chapter 23 Transitory, Loss,
Emptiness and Not-Doing (Wu Wei), Virtue, Faith, Trust,
Good
Associations, Absolute Vacancy,
Friendships, Worthies, Emptiness and Non-Existence,
虛無
Chapter 24 Non-Assertiveness, Modesty, Reclusiveness, Trouble from Indulgence, Gluttony, Indulgence,
Painful Graciousness,
苦恩
Chapter 25 Giving it a Name, Wondrous and Complete,
Heaven and Earth, Imaging the Mysterious, Being What It Is,
Law of Tao, Greatness,
Undefiled, Describing the Mysterious, Inherent Nature,
象元
Chapter 26 Gravity, Stillness, Act Lightly, Virtue of Gravity, One's Proper Place, Leadership, 重德
Chapter 27 No Talents are Wasted, The Function of Skill, This is a Great Paradox,
Dexterity in Using the Dao,
Cultivating Perfection,
A Good Walker Leaves no
Tracks, Dexterity in Using the Dao,
巧用
Chapter 28 Simplicity, Keep to the Female, Embrace Opposites, Be a Model,
Returning to Simplicity,
Retaining Integrity,
Harmony, Male and Female, Nature of Opposites and Change,
Simplicity of a Child, Carved Wood, Utensils
反樸
Chapter 29 Abandon Excess, Not Forcing Things,
Variations, No Extravagance, Taking-Loosing, Immaterial Spirit,
Taking No
Action, Inequality of Conditions, Leadership, Wu Wei,
無為
Chapter 30 Abandon Excess, Avoid Daring, Strike Only of Necessity, Be Wary of War, Maturity, Avoid Battle, 儉武
Chapter 31 Create Don't Destroy, Avoid Weapons, Stop Wars, Delight Not in Warfare, Be Peaceful, Avoid Wars, 偃武
Chapter 32 The Tao with No Name, The Virtue of Holiness, Valley Streams, Rivers that Run to the Sea, 聖德
Chapter 33 Discriminating Between Attributes, Knowing Oneself, Endurance,
Virtue of Discrimination,
Perseverance,
Eternally Present,
辨德
Chapter 34 Tao is All Pervading, Perfection of Trust, Nourishing Ten Thousand
Things, Returning to One's Root,
Task of Achievement, Hiding One's Virtues,
任成
Chapter 35 Finding Comfort, Virtue of Benevolence, Inexhaustible Tao, Going Unnoticed, 仁德
Chapter 36 Soft Overcomes Hard, Explanation of a Paradox, A Secret Explained, Strengthen
Then Weaken,
Minimizing the Light,
微明
Chapter 37 Tranquility, Administration of Government, Taking No Action, Nothing
Undone, Non-Assertion,
Simplicity of Ineffable,
Quiet, Exercise of Leadership,
為政
Chapter 38 Doing Nothing, Leaves Nothing Undone,
Superior Virtue, Discourse on Virtue, Hiding One's Virtues,
Loosing the Tao,
Unpretentious,
Propriety, Attributes of the Dao,
Discarding and Regaining,
論德
Chapter 39 Origin of the Law, Oneness, Power of the Dao, Root of Order, Source of Authority, 法本
Chapter 40 Avoiding Activity, Existence from Non-Existence, By Contraries Proceeds, Movement of Tao, 去用
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Chapters 41-60
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Chapter 41 Sameness
and Difference, Hearing of the Tao, Hidden and Nameless Tao, The Unreality of Appearance,
Path of Contraries and Opposites, Bringing to Completion, Laughing it Off, 同異
Chapter 42
Transformations of the Tao, Reason's Modifications, Avoid Violence,
Unnatural Death,
One Produces Many, 道化
Chapter 43
At One with the Tao, Quiet, Softness, Flexibility, Emptiness, The Function of the Universal,
No Expectations, Not Acting, Overcoming the Impossible, Wordless Teaching, 偏用
Chapter 44 Sufficiency, Cautions, Setting Up Precepts, 立戒
Chapter 45
Changes, Opposites, Contraries, Tranquility, Great or Overflowing Virtue,
Stillness,
The Virtue of Greatness, Great Accomplishment, 洪德
Chapter 46 Moderating Desire and Ambition, Horses, Contentment, Limiting Desires, 儉欲
Chapter 47 Discovering the Distant, Seeing the Distant, Discovering What is Far Off, 鑒遠
Chapter 48
Forgetting Knowledge, Value of Non Doing and Non Assertion, Inaction, Absence of Acting,
Adding and Subtracting, Learn Daily, Non-Interference, 忘知
Chapter 49
The Virtue of Receptivity, Trust, Humility, Goodness, Honesty, Quality of
Indulgence,
The Sage Cultivates Caution and Neutrality, Equanimity, Simplicity,
Motherliness, 任德
Chapter 50
The Value Set on Life, Value Life, Esteem Life, Become Invulnerable, Followers
of Life,
Accept Death, Esteem Life, Out of Harms Way, 貴生
Chapter 51
The Nourishment of the Tao, Virtue as a Nurse, Guiding, Creativity, Mystical
Power,
Freedom, Nature, Follow the Tao, Harmony, Honor Virtue, 養德
Chapter 52
Returning to the Source, Great Mother, Soft and Small, Avoiding Misfortune, Study Origins,
Humility, Listening, Seeds, Undying Nature, Examine Relationships, 歸元
Chapter 53
Follow the Way, Avoid Shortcuts, Disadvantages of Wealth, Avoid Greed, Work, Be
Diligent,
Gaining Insight, Look at the Facts, Appearances, Thieves, 益証
Chapter 54
Cultivating Insight and Intuition, Person, Family, Village, State, Cultivation,
Views,
Virtue, Observing the Tao, As Below So Above, 修觀
Chapter 55
Mysterious Virtue, Safety, Male and Female, Harmony, Virtue, Newborn Child,
Useless Arts,
Natural Path, Accept Aging, Sign of the Mysterious, 玄符
Chapter 56
Virtuous Passivity, Virtue of the Mysterious, Circumspection in Speech,
Ineffability,
Closing the Senses, Mystic Oneness, Independence, Mysterious Identity, 玄德
Chapter 57
Leadership, Simplification, Genuine Influence, Doing Nothing, No War, Fewer
Laws,
Freedom, Less Government, Habits of Simplicity, 淳風
Chapter 58
Transformations According to Circumstances, Sages, Good and Bad, Effortless,
Self-Regulating,
Less Government, Facilitate, Adaptation to Change, 順化
Chapter 59
Guarding the Tao, Government, Knowing Limits, Restraint, Longevity, Building,
Storing,
Follow Reason, Frugality, 守道
Chapter 60
Ruling, Governing, Fish, Emotions, Maintaining the Throne, Ghosts, Keep Your
Perspective,
Not Harming, Power, 居位
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Chapters 61-81
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Chapter 61
The Virtue of Humility, Stillness, Great States Need to Acquiesce,
Receptivity, Quietude,
Passivity is Power,
Feminity, State, Serving, Humility, Large Country, Small Country,
Sea, Rivers, 謙德
Chapter 62
Practicing the Dao, Practice Reason, Sitting Still and Reasoning,
Honest Conduct, The Admirable, Horses,
Jade,
World
Honored Tao, Emperor, Ministers, Ten Thousand Things, Values, Gift of the Tao,
Laws of the Universe, 為道
Chapter 63 A Consideration of Beginnings, Deal with the Great While it is Small, Do
Without Doing,
Practice Non-Practice, Taste Without Tasting, Return Love for Hate, Difficult
and Easy, 恩始
Chapter 64
Consider the Insignificant, Don't Cling, The Journey of a Thousand Miles
Begins with a Single Step,
Remain Careful to the End, Great Things Have Humble Beginnings, Guard the Minute,
守微
Chapter 65
The Virtue of Simplicity, Effortless Excellence, Avoid Being Overly
Clever, Value of Ignorance, Hiding,
Profound Virtue, Learning Overrated, Avoid Cleverness 淳德
Chapter 66 Subordinate the Self, Put Yourself Last, Valley Streams Flow Downward,
Small Rivers, Ocean, Humility,
Sage, Noncompetition, Lead by Following, Not Striving, Gentleness, 後巳
Chapter 67 Three Precious Things: Gentleness,
Compassion, Mercy, Economy, Thriftiness, Patience, Liberality, Benevolence,
Generosity, Humility; Three Precious
Values: Compassion, Economy, Modesty; Victory, Strength, Leadership, 三寶
Chapter 68
Compliance with Heaven, Be a Peaceful Warrior, Don't
Contend, Without Desire, Effective Military Leaders,
Leadership, Avoid Anger, Humility,
Not Striving, 配天
Chapter 69
The Function of the Mysterious (Dao), Act as a Guest with Reserve, War,
Fighting, Weapons, Disputes,
Peacemakers, Yielding, Military Strategy, Never
Make Light of an Enemy, 玄用
Chapter 70 Difficult to Understand, They Who Know Me Are Few, Hide Your Jewels, Easy to Know and Easy to Practice, 知難
Chapter 71 The Disease of Knowledge, Knowing the Unknowable,
Highest Attainment, Delusions, True Knowledge,
Sage's Wisdom, Mental Health, Pretensions, Sick of Sickness,
知病
Chapter 72 Respect
Yourself, Know Yourself, Recognize Your Attributes, Be Humble, Restraint,
Wonder,
Fear of Power, Don't Bother Others, Don't be Narrow, 愛巳
Chapter 73
Avoiding Striving and Daring Actions, The Way of Heaven is Quiet,
Naturalness, Tao Way,
Courage, Freedom Non-Competition, Wu Wei, Death, Heaven's Net is Vast, 任為
Chapter 74 The
Fear of Death, The Executioner, Carpenter, Killing, Overcoming Delusions,
Worries, Professions,
Avoiding Inappropriate Occupations, Having Relevant Skills at Work, Safety, Criminals,
Capital Punishment,
制惑
Chapter 75 Harmed Through Greed, Excessive Taxes, Avoid an Excessive Interest in Daily Affairs 貪損
Chapter 76 Soft
and Supple is Best, Yielding is Wise, Tenderness, Withered and Dry, Flexibility,
Disciples of Death, Beware of Strength
戒強
Chapter 77 The
Way of Heaven, Excesses and Deficiencies, The Bow, Releasing, Supplement Deficiency,
Don't Brag,
Archery, Letting Go, Humility, Tao of Heaven
天道
Chapter 78 Water, The
Soft Overcomes the Hard, The Failed are Often Chosen, Paradoxes, Have Faith,
Trust,
Rituals, Accept Responsibility, Omens, Paradoxes, Suppleness, 任信
Chapter 79 Meeting
Your Obligations, Keeping Promises, Making Agreements, Patience in Collecting Debts,
Recognizing Agreements, Grudges, Disputes, Perfection,
任契
Chapter 80 Contentment, Remaining in Seclusion, Simple Life, Standing Alone, 獨立
Chapter 81 The
Nature of the Essential, Hidden Value, Good Home Live, Simple Living,
Propounding the Essential,
Sensible Man, Not Arguing, Honest Truth, The Manifestation of Simplicity, 顯質
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