SuaveG – The Gentle Path

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 26

    In this chapter, Laozi reiterates two pairs of contradictory phenomena: lightness and heaviness, movement and stillness, asserting that within each contradiction lies a fundamental aspect.

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 25

    This chapter unravels the ontology of the Dao, with Laozi proposing the four great entities: “Dao,” “Heaven,” “Earth,” and “Human.”

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 24

    Chapter 24 of the Dao De Jing deconstructs human vanity through paradoxical aphorisms‌.

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 23

    This chapter and Chapter 17 mutually correspond‌. Chapter 17 reveals that harsh policies and severe punishments only generate “fear and disdain” among the people‌, thus urging rulers to implement reforms. The current chapter elaborates on the principle of “speaking little in harmony with nature (Dao)”.

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 22

    Chapter 22 of the Dao De Jing elaborates on the dialectics presented in Chapter II, evolving from the transformation of contradictions to the dynamic of qualitative inversion‌.

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 20

    This chapter contrasts the attitude of the Daoist Sage with that of ordinary people, using paradoxes to reveal the essence of the Dao.

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 19

    Laozi opposed the culture of the ruling class in ancient China. He believed that this culture, by establishing hypocritical moral concepts, conflicted with regular social phenomena—that is, with the Dao of Heaven. In his view, such culture contradicted the natural order and the principles of the Heavenly Dao.

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 15

    In the previous chapter, Laozi stated that the Dao is invisible and cannot be perceived through ordinary senses. To help people comprehend it, this chapter continues to elucidate the Dao. Throughout history, cultivating the Dao has been regarded as subtle, mysterious, and inscrutable. Its characteristics can be approximately described as: prudence, deliberation, solemnity, serenity, simplicity, vastness, and integration.

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 14

    Dao belongs to the metaphysical realm. We cannot perceive it through sight, hearing or touch.

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