Classic Book (Ching) about the Tao (Way, Nature, Patterns, Processes) and Te (Virtue, Potency, Power, Integrity, Wise Person, Sage)

End of the Book of the Dao (Way or Path) of the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching), Classic of the Way and Virtue.
Book of the Dao (Way or Path) = Chapters 1-37. Book of the Te (Virtue or Power) = Chapters 38-81.

English and Chinese (Wade-Giles) Terms, Chapter #37: Active, Administration of Government, Always or Eternal (ch'ang), Calmness, Can or Able (nêng), Desire or Tendencies (yü), Equilibrium, Exercise of Leadership, Freedom, Government, Heaven (t'ien), Hold or Uphold (shou), King or Ruler (wang), Lust, Name (ming), Nameless, Natural or Spontaneous (tzu), Nature, Non-Assertion, Nothing Undone, Prince or Baron (hou), Quiet or Still or Tranquil (ching), Rectify, Reform, Regeneration, Rest, Restrain or Subdue (chên), Settled or Anchored (ting), Simplicity, Still, Stir or Arise (tso), Taking No Action (Wu Wei), Tao, Ten Thousand Things (wan wu), Tranquility, Transformation (hua), Uncarved Block of Wood or Simple or Uncut (p'u), Uncontrolled, Will or Would (chiang), Without or No (wu), Wood, 為政.
Chapter #37 Tao Te Ching 2/11t/2021

Términos en Español, Capítulo #37: Simplicidad, Gobierno, Reforma, Activo, Naturaleza, Tranquilidad, Administración de Gobierno, Libertad, Madera, Sin Tallar, Bloqueo, Sin Nombre, Equilibrium, Reyes, Transformación, Príncipe, Rectificar, Regeneración, Tranquilo, Deseo, Lujuria, Calma, Liderazgo, Natural, Naturalidad, Espontánea, No Controlada, Naturaleza, Siempre, Eterno, Sin, Príncipe, Barón, Gobernante, Poder, Capaz, Retener, Sostener, Cosas, Tendencias, Revolver, Surgir, Ojalá, Refrenar, strian, Sojuzgar, Nombre, Sencillo, sin Cortar, Prístina, Naturaleza, Tranquilidad, Cielo, Colocado, Anclado.
Capítulo #37 Daodejing 2/11t/2021

"The Tao in its regular course does nothing for the sake of doing it, and so there is nothing which it does not do.
If princes and kings were able to maintain it, all things would of themselves be transformed by them.
If this transformation became to me an object of desire, I would express the desire by the nameless simplicity.
Simplicity without a name
Is free from all external aim.
With no desire, at rest and still,
All things go right as of their will."
- Translated by James Legge, 1891, Chapter 37

"Eternal Tao doesn't do anything, yet it leaves nothing undone.
If you abide by it, everything in existence will transform itself.
When, in the process of self-transformation, desires are aroused, calm them with nameless simplicity.
When desires are dissolved in the primal presence, peace and harmony naturally occur, and the world orders itself."
- Translated by Brian Browne Walker, 1996, Chapter 37

"The Tao is ever nameless
If leaders could be one with it
The world would transform itself
Wherever it is restless and troubled
It could be soothed by simple anonymous actions
Which, being anonymous,
Would cause no disgrace, no insult, no worries
And all of heaven and earth would find its own proper balance"
- Translated by Ted Wrigley, Chapter 37

"The Tao always remains inactive,
Yet it acts upon everything in the world.
If lords and kings can keep it,
All creatures will grow and develop naturally.
When desires are kindled in the growth and development,
I can suppress them with the nameless Simplicity of the Tao.
Once I do so
Desires will be repressed.
Once desires are repressed,
The whole world will be naturally at peace."
- Translated by Gu Zhengkun, Chapter 37

"The Tao is ever inactive; yet there is nothing it does not do.
If feudal Princes and Sovereigns can but preserve it, all creatures will reform themselves.
But if, once reformed, desires should again arise,
I would restrain them by the exercise of the Simplicity which is without a name.
This nameless Simplicity will prevent the rise of desires;
An absence of desire will produce quiescence.
Then the Empire will become settled of its own accord."
- Translated by Frederic Henry Balfour, 1884, Chapter 37

"Thou art eternally nameless.
If rulers and Kings preserved it, the masses would transform.
After transformation, should they wish to rise-up,
I could restrain them with the nameless unhewn log.
Should I so restrain them, they would not feel disgraced;
they would be still, whereupon Heaven and Earth would right themselves."
- Translated by Jerry C. Welch, 1998, Chapter 37

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"The Way never does anything,
and everything gets done.
If those is power could hold to the Way,
the ten-thousand things
would look after themselves.
If even so they tried to act,
I'd quiet them with the nameless,
the natural.
In the unnamed, in the unshapen,
is not wanting.
In not wanting is stillness.
In stillness all under heaven rests."
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"The Way takes no action, but leaves nothing undone.
When you accept this
The world will flourish,
In harmony with nature.
Nature does not possess desire;
Without desire, the heart becomes quiet;
In this manner the whole world is made tranquil."
- Interpolated by Peter Merel, 1992, Chapter 37

"Tao always remains in no artificial action,
And yet nothing is left undone.
Should kings and lords follow Tao,
Ten Thousand Things would naturally mutate.
Should desires arise in their mutation,
I would be ready to pacify them with the uncarved block with no name.
Should they become the uncarved block with no name.
They would become desireless.
Should kings and loads pacify them with desirelessness,
The universe would spontaneously be one with peace.
Here the famous phrase, “Tao remains in no action and yet nothing is left undone.” "
- Translated by Eichi Shimomisse, 1998, Chapter 37

"The eternity of Dao contrives nothing, yet it provides everything.
If rulers can cling to it - Dao,
All Things will transform themselves.
Any artificial desire occurring during the transformation, shall be suppressed by the nameless "Purity."
Nameless "Purity" (Pure Matter) will do away with artificial desires.
When artificial desires have been done away with,
all peoples will be at peace and the world order will be established automatically."
- Translated by Tang Zi-Chang, Chapter 37

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"Reason always practices non-assertion, and there is nothing that remains undone.
If princes and kings could keep Reason, the ten thousand creatures would of themselves be reformed.
While being reformed they might yet be anxious to stir; but I would restrain them by the simplicity of the Ineffable.
The simplicity of the unexpressed
Will purify the heart of lust.
Is there no lust there will be rest,
And all the world will thus be blest."
- Translated by Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki and Paul Carus, 1913, Chapter 37

A Chinese Language Version of Chapter 37 of the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
A note on my style of displaying the Chinese characters of the Tao Te Ching

道常無為, 而無不為.
侯王若能守之, 萬物將自化.
化而欲作, 吾將鎮之以無名之樸.
無名之樸, 夫亦將無欲.
不欲以靜, 天下將自定.
- Chinese characters, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 37

tao ch'ang wu wei, erh wu pu wei.
hou wang jo nêng shou chih, wan wu chiang tzu hua.
hua erh yü tso, wu chiang chên chih yi wu ming chih p'u.
wu ming chih p'u, fu yi chiang wu yü.
pu yü yi ching, t'ien hsia chiang tzu ting.
- Wade-Giles Romanization, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 37

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"Tao is never active, but there is nothing it does not do.
If princes and kings could hold onto it, all things would develop by themselves.
When they develop, the desire in them would emerge,
I would restrain them with simplicity,
So simple that it does not even have a name,
In order to liberate them from desire.
Free of desire, they would be soaked in tranquillity,
And thus the world would attain purity and virtue.
Simplicity, however unimportant it may be,
Cannot be subdued even by the entire world.
If princes and kings could hold onto it,
Everything in the world, of its own accord, would pay homage.
Heaven and earth would unite to sprinkle dew, sweeter than honey, on the ground.
Without anyone ordering them to do so, people would attain harmony by themselves.
With the mission accomplished and the objectives achieved,
People would see themselves as following in nature's footsteps."
- Translated by Chohan Chou-Wing, Chapter 37

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So tranquilly, of their own accord, all things would still transpire."
- Translated by Isaac Winter Heysinger, 1903, Chapter 37

"Tao invariably takes no action
Yet there is nothing left undone.
If kings and lords could follow it
The myriad things would transform by themselves.
And should they wish to take action once more
I'd quiet them
With nameless simplicity.
The nameless simplicity
Is like uncut wood:
It has no desires.
Without desires there is tranquility
And heaven and earth become stable by themselves."
- Translated by Agnieszka Solska, Chapter 37

"The Tao never does anything, yet there is nothing it doesn't do.
If a father instills this virtue into his being, the children will be transformed by themselves, in accordance with their nature.
Following their nature, their contentment is total and no desires would arise.
When no desire arises, bliss and tranquility abide."
- Translated by David Bullen, Chapter 37

"Way-making is really nameless.
Were the nobles and kings able to respect this,
All things would be able to develop along their own lines.
Having developed along their own lines, were they to desire to depart from this,
I would realign them
With a nameless scarp of unworked wood.
Realigned with this nameless scrap of unworked wood,
They would leave off desiring.
Is not desiring, they would achieve equilibrium,
And all the world would be properly ordered of its own accord."
- Translated by Roger T. Ames and Donald L. Hall, 2003, Chapter 37

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"The Way is eternally nameless.
If feudal lords and kings preserve it,
The myriad creatures will be transformed by themselves.
After transformation, if they wish to rise up,
I shall restrain them with the nameless unhewn log.
By restraining them with the nameless unhewn log,
They will not feel disgraced;
Not feeling disgraced,
They will be still,
Whereupon heaven and earth will be made right by themselves."
- Translated by Victor H. Mair, 1990, Chapter 37

"The Tao never does anything,
yet through it all things are done.

If powerful men and women
could venture themselves in it,
the whole world would be transformed
by itself, in its natural rhythms.
People would be content
with their simple, everyday lives,
in harmony, and free of desire.

When there is no desire,
all things are at peace."
- Translated by Edwin Shaw, 1996, Chapter 37

"The Tao never acts with force,
yet there is nothing that it can not do.

If rulers could follow the way of the Tao,
then all of creation would willingly follow their example.
If selfish desires were to arise after their transformation,
I would erase them with the power of the Uncarved Block.

By the power of the Uncarved Block,
future generations would lose their selfish desires.
By losing their selfish desires,
the world would naturally settle into peace."
- Translated by John H. McDonald, 1996, Chapter 37

"The Dao never does; it takes no action.
Through it everything is done, yet there's nothing left undone.
If good kings and barons would master some fit Dao and keep it,
all things in the world should transform spontaneously.
When reformed and rising to action,
let all influenced be restrained by the blankness of the unnamed,
the nameless pristine simplicity.
Yes, if after being transformed they should desire to act,
someone has to restrain them with simplicity that has no name.

Its an unnamed blankness; it could bring dispassion;
As such nameless pristine simplicity is stripped of desire.
So to be truly, artfully dispassionate, be free of desires and still.
Simple wit and sense is free of desires.

By stripping of desire true rest is achieved almost of itself,
the whole empire will be at rest of its own accord.
And next the world could get at peace of its own accord."
- Translated by Byrn Tromod, 1997, Chapter 37

"Tao remains quiescent, and yet leaves nothing undone.
If a ruler or a king could hold it, all things would of their own accord assume the desired shape.
If in the process of transformation desire should arise, I would check it by the ineffable simplicity.
The ineffable simplicity would bring about an absence of desire, and rest would come back again.
Thus the world would regenerate itself."
- Translated by Walter Gorn-Old, 1904, Chapter 37

"Tao never does,
Yet through it,
All Things are done.
If leaders observed this,
All would develop naturally.
Desire for active doing would be restrained by the inherent simplicity of Tao.
Being free of desire,
Stillness and tranquility reign.
Of itself,
All Things are at peace."
- Translated by Alan B. Taplow, 1982, Chapter 37

"The Tao proceedeth by its own nature, doing nothing; therefore there is
no doing which it comprehendeth not.
If kings and princes were to govern in this manner, all things would
operate aright by their own motion.
If this transmutation were my object, I should call it Simplicity.
Simplicity hath no name nor purpose; silently and at ease all things go well."
- Translated by Aleister Crowley, 1918, Chapter 37

"The activity of Everlasting Tao is in the Inner Kingdom,
It does not act except through the innermost.
If prince and people can maintain it together,
All beings will be transformed from within themselves;
Being transformed, they again desire action.
We must learn to still desire
To obtain in the Inner Life Purity of the Name.
Purity of the Name in the Inner Life
Brings absence of desire;
Absence of desire brings stillness;
Thus shall the world be perfected from within itself."
- Translated by Isabella Mears, 1916, Chapter 37

"The Way is constantly in non-action,
But it leaves nothing undone.
If dukes and kings can keep to it,
All things will be transformed by themselves.
But, in transforming, desires arise.
I will subdue them by the nameless simplicity;
With nameless simplicity,
There will be no desires.
Being desireless is to be tranquil.
All the world will become calm by itself."
- Translated by Yi Wu, Chapter 37

"Tao never does anything,
And everything gets done.
If rulers can keep to it,
The ten thousand things will changes of themselves.
Changed, things may start to stir.
Quiet them with the namelessly simple,
Which alone will bring no-desire.
No-desire: then there is peace,
And beneath-heaven will settle down of itself."
- Translated by Herrymoon Maurer, 1985, Chapter 37

"Tao is ever inactive, and yet there is nothing that it does not do.
If princes and kings could keep to it, all things would of themselves become developed.
When they are developed, desire would stir in them;
I would restrain them by the nameless Simplicity,
In order to make them free from desire.
Free from desire, they would be at rest;
And the world would of itself become rectified.
However insignificant Simplicity seems, the whole world can not make it submissive.
If princes and kings could keep to it,
All things in the world would of themselves pay homage.
Heaven and earth would unite to send down sweet dew.
The people with no one to command them would of themselves become harmonious.
When merits are accomplished and affairs completed,
The people would speak of themselves as following nature."
- Translated by Ch'u Ta-Kao, 1904, Chapter 37

"The Tao is always "not-doing"
Yet there is nothing it doesn't do.
If the ruler is able to embody it
Everything will naturally change.
Being changed, they desire to act.
So I must restrain them, using the nameless "uncarved block (original mind)."
Using the nameless uncarved block
They become desireless.
Desireless, they are tranquil and
All-under-Heaven is naturally settled."
- Translated by Charles Muller, 1891, Chapter 37

"Der Sinn ist ewig ohne Machen,
und nichts bleibt ungemacht.
Wenn Fürsten und Könige ihn zu wahren verstehen,
so werden alle Dinge sich von selber gestalten.
Gestalten sie sich und es erheben sich die Begierden,
so würde ich sie bannen durch namenlose Einfalt.
Namenlose Einfalt bewirkt Wunschlosigkeit.
Wunschlosigkeit macht still,
und die Welt wird von selber recht."
- Translated by Richard Wilhelm, 1911, Chapter 37

"Wunschlosigkeit und Frieden wirken der WeltVollkommenheit

Im Unergründlichen ist kein Wirken,
und doch wirkt das Nichtwirkende alles.
Wenn Fürsten und Könige sich ebenso
von ihm bestimmen ließen,
würde sich alles zum Besten gestalten.
Und wenn die Menschen dennoch Wünsche hätten,
so würde ich sie durch Herzenseinfalt überzeugen.
Herzenseinfalt führt zur Wunschlosigkeit.
Wo Wunschlosigkeit ist, ist Friede.
Wo Friede ist, ordnet sich die Welt von selbst."
- Translated by Rudolf Backofen, 1949, Chapter

"Tao endures without a name,
Yet nothing is left undone.
If kings and lords could possess it,
All beings would transform themselves.
Transformed, they desire to create;
I quiet them through nameless simplicity.
Then there is no desire.
No desire is serenity,
And the world settles of itself."
- Translated by Stephen Addis, 1993, Chapter 37

"The Tao is eternally actionless and the cause of all action!
Were princes and monarchs able to acquiesce the myriad existences would by degrees spontaneously transform.
Transforming and wishing to function I would immediately guide by the simplicity of the nameless.
The simplicity of the nameless is akin to desirableness.
Desireless and at rest the world would naturally become peaceful."
- Translated by C. Spurgeon Medhurst, 1905, Chapter 37

"Tao is real and free from action, yet nothing is not acted upon.
If rulers abide with it, all things transmute by themselves.
If, in the process of transmutation, intention emerges,
it must be overcome by the original non-differentiation of the nameless.
To experience the original non-differentiation of the nameless,
one should also be free from intending to have no-intention.
To be free from intending to have no-intention is to be quiescent.
Thereby, the world is naturally led to tranquility."
- Translated by Chung Yuan Chang, Chapter 37

"Le Tao pratique constamment le non-agir et pourtant il n'y a rien qu'il ne fasse.
Si les rois et les vassaux peuvent le conserver, tous les êtres se convertiront.
Si, une fois convertis, ils veulent encore se mettre en mouvement,
je les contiendrai à l'aide de l'être simple qui n'a pas de nom (c'est-à-dire le Tao).
L'être simple qui n'a pas de nom, il ne faut pas même le désirer.
L'absence de désirs procure la quiétude.
Alors l'empire se rectifie de lui-même."
- Translated by Stanislas Julien, 1842, Chapter 37

"Dao doesn’t ever interfere.
High officials have the ability to apply the laws to them, but all living things become transformed by themselves.
Transforming; and as desires arise they begin to be allayed due to their anonymous simplicity.
So, they also begin to be satisfied.
Satisfied as well as calm, all living things become settled within themselves."
- Translated by Nina Correa, 2005, Chapter 37

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"El Tao no actúa, y así no deja nada por hacer.
Si uno entiende esto
Todas las cosas del Mundo florecen naturalmente;
Floreciendo, solo están restringidas por la Naturaleza.

La Naturaleza no tiene deseos;
Sin deseos, el corazón alcanza la tranquilidad,
Y así el Mundo en su totalidad puede permanecer en calma."
- Translated by Antonio Rivas Gonzálvez, 1998, Capítulo 37

"El Tao, por su naturaleza, no actúa,
pero nada hay que no sea hecho por él.
Si los príncipes y los reyes
pudieran adherírsele,
todos los seres evolucionarían por sí mismos.
Si al evolucionar aún persistiera el deseo codicioso,
yo los retornaría a la simplicidad sin nombre.
En la simplicidad sin nombre no existe el deseo.
Sin deseos es posible la paz
y el mundo se ordenaría por sí mismo."
- Translation from Wikisource, 2013, Capítulo 37

"El Tao nunca se esfuerza, pero nada se deja sin hacer.
Si los líderes fueran capaces de adherirse a ella las diez mil cosas
se desarrollaría por su propia voluntad.
Si después de haber desarrollado
experimentan deseos de esforzarse,
pueden enterrar esos deseos
bajo el bloque sin nombre Sin nombre.
El bloque sin nombre Uncarved puede proteger contra el deseo.
Cuando los deseos se frenan habrá paz,
y entonces todo bajo el cielo estará en reposo."
- Translated into English by Tolbert McCarroll, 1982, Chapter 37.
Spanish version from Michael P. Garofalo.

"El Tao constantemente no actúa, pero todo lo hace.
Si príncipes y reyes pudieran retenerlo, todo se transformaría por sí solo.
Si surgen deseos, consérvalos en el fondo, en aquella simplicidad que no se puede definir.
La simplicidad que no tiene nombre está libre de deseos.
Si no hay deseos todo está en paz y el mundo se endereza por sí mismo."
- Translation from Logia Medio Dia, 2015, Capítulo 37

"El dao, permanente, no tiene nombre;
si los señores y reyes pudieran conservarlo,
todos los seres se transformarían por sí solos.
Si al transformarse apareciera en ellos el deseo de levantar la cabeza,
yo los refrenaría con el trozo de madera sin nombre.
Refrenados mediante el trozo de madera sin nombre,
no se sentirán ofendidos.
Al no existir ofensas surgiría la tranquilidad,
y el cielo y la tierra se ordenarían espontáneamente."
- Translated by Juan Ignacio Preciado, 1978, Capítulo #37

"El Sentido permanece siempre inactivo,
y nada deja sin hacer.
Si príncipes y reyes se atienen a él,
todas las cosas se forman a sí mismas.

Si se suscitara la codicia,
yo la conjuraría por medio de la simplicidad
sin nombre.

La simplicidad sin nombre hace que se ausente el deseo.
La ausencia del deseo, tranquiliza,
y el mundo se arregla solo."
- Translation into Spanish from Richard Wilhelm's 1911 German Version by an Unknown Spanish Translator, 2015, Capítulo37

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Chapter 37

Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing)
Classic of the Way and Virtue

By Lao Tzu (Laozi)

Chapter 37

Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) by Lao Tzu

Simple Taoism: A Guide to Living in Balance By Alexander Simkins.

The Tao of Daily Life: The Mysteries of the Orient Revealed By Derek Lin.

Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony By Ming-Dao Deng.

Ripening Peaches: Taoist Studies and Practices

The Tao of Pooh By Benjamin Hoff.

Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life By Ming-Dao Deng.

Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook Translated by Thomas Cleary.

Revealing the Tao Te Ching: In-Depth Commentaries on an Ancient Classic By Hu Xuzehi

Tao Te Ching Annotated translation by Victor Mair

Reading Lao Tzu: A Companion to the Tao Te Ching with a New Translation By Ha Poong Kim

The Philosophy of the Daodejing By Hans-Georg Moeller

Dao De Jing: A Philosophical Translation By Roger T. Ames and David T. Hall

The Way and Its Power: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought By Arthur Waley

The Complete Works of Lao Tzu: Tao Teh Ching & Hua Hu Ching Translation and elucidation by Hua Ching Ni.

The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu Translated by Brian Walker.

Tao - The Way Translated by Lionel and and Herbert Giles.

Taoism: An Essential Guide By Eva Wong.

Lieh-Tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living Translated by Eva Wong

The Daodejing of Laozi Translated by Philip Ivahoe

Daoism: A Beginner's Guide By James Miller

Early Daoist Scriptures Translated by Stephen Bokencamp

Lifestyle Advice from Wise Persons

Simple Taoism: A Guide to Living in Balance By Alexander and Annellen Simpkins

Practical Taoism Translated by Thomas Cleary

Daoism and Chinese Culture By Livia Kohn

Lifestyle Advice from Wise Persons Consejos de Estilo de Vida de Sabios

Research and Indexing by
Michael P. Garofalo

Gushen Grove Notebooks for the Tao Te Ching

Bibliography

Thematic Index 1-81

Chapter Index 1-81

Chapter 37

Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) Classic of the Way and Virtue By Lao Tzu (Laozi)

Chapter 37

Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) by Lao Tzu

Simple Taoism: A Guide to Living in Balance By Alexander Simkins.

The Tao of Daily Life: The Mysteries of the Orient Revealed By Derek Lin.

Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony By Ming-Dao Deng.

Ripening Peaches: Taoist Studies and Practices

The Tao of Pooh By Benjamin Hoff.

Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life By Ming-Dao Deng.

Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook Translated by Thomas Cleary.

Revealing the Tao Te Ching: In-Depth Commentaries on an Ancient Classic By Hu Xuzehi

Tao Te Ching Annotated translation by Victor Mair

Reading Lao Tzu: A Companion to the Tao Te Ching with a New Translation By Ha Poong Kim

The Philosophy of the Daodejing By Hans-Georg Moeller

Dao De Jing: A Philosophical Translation By Roger T. Ames and David T. Hall

The Way and Its Power: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought By Arthur Waley

The Complete Works of Lao Tzu: Tao Teh Ching & Hua Hu Ching Translation and elucidation by Hua Ching Ni.

The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu Translated by Brian Walker.

Tao - The Way Translated by Lionel and and Herbert Giles.

Taoism: An Essential Guide By Eva Wong.

Lieh-Tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living Translated by Eva Wong

The Daodejing of Laozi Translated by Philip Ivahoe

Daoism: A Beginner's Guide By James Miller

Early Daoist Scriptures Translated by Stephen Bokencamp

Lifestyle Advice from Wise Persons

Simple Taoism: A Guide to Living in Balance By Alexander and Annellen Simpkins

Practical Taoism Translated by Thomas Cleary

Daoism and Chinese Culture By Livia Kohn

Lifestyle Advice from Wise Persons Consejos de Estilo de Vida de Sabios

Research and Indexing by Michael P. Garofalo

Gushen Grove Notebooks for the Tao Te Ching

Bibliography

Thematic Index 1-81

Chapter Index 1-81

Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing)
Classic of the Way and Virtue

By Lao Tzu (Laozi)

Research and Indexing by
Michael P. Garofalo