SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Tag: harmony with nature

  • [Journey to the West]The Blessed Land and Cave Heaven

    In Journey to the West, the place where Sun Wukong practices is described as:

    “The Blessed Land of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits, where the Cave Heaven hides the Water Curtain.”

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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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