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

English and Chinese (Wade-Giles) Terms, Chapter #48: Seek or Pursue (wei), Simplifying, Daily (jih), Releasing, Gain or Acquire (yi), Action (wei), Non-Action or Not-Acting (Wu Wei), Reach or Attain (chih), Forgetting, Restraint, Grabbing, Reduce or Decrease or Lose (sun), Letting Go, Distress, Without or Void (wu), Meddling, Win or Capture (ch'ü), Effort, Relax, Accomplishment, Adding, Subtracting, Below Heaven or Earth (t'ien hsia), Tao, Interfering, Forever or Eternal (ch'ang), Learning or Knowledge (hsüeh), Changing, Interfering or Meddling (shih), The Way, Natural, Enough or Sufficient (tsu), Sage, Activity, Dao, Non-Interference, Striving, 忘知
Chapter #48 Tao Te Ching 2/23J/2021

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Capítulo #48 Daodejing 2/23J/2021

"Act academic, daily gain
Act tao, daily lose.
Losing, again lose
It happens, reaching relating to the absence of acting
Absence of acting yet absence of being without acting.
Grabbing the world, an entire absence of effort happens
Liking entirely the presence of effort
Is insufficient to precede grabbing the world."
- Translated by David Lindauer, Chapter 48

"You learn something everyday through knowledge.
You unlearn something everyday experiencing the Tao.
Unlearn more and more until you know.
Then there is no doer, thus nothing to do.
Doing nothing, let things take their natural course.
Try to do something and you will miss."
- Translated by David Bullen, Chapter 48

"To learn,
One accumulates day by day.
To study Tao,
One reduces day by day.
Through reduction and further reduction
One reaches non-action,
And everything is acted upon.
Therefore, one often wins over the world
Through non-action.
Through action, one may not win over the world."
- Translated by Chung Yuan Chang, Chapter 48

"For learning you gain daily; for the Way you lose daily.
Losing and losing, thus you reach noncontrivance;
Be uncontrived, and nothing is not done.
Taking the world is always done by not making anything of it.
For when something is made of it,
That is not enough to take the world."
- Translated by Thomas Cleary, 1991, Chapter 48

"Those who work at their studies
Increase day after day;
Those who have heard the Tao
Decrease day after day.

They decrease and decrease,
till they get to the point where they do nothing.
They do nothing and yet there is nothing left undone.
When someone wants to take control of the world,
He must always be unconcerned with affairs.
For in a case where he is concerned with affairs,
He will be unworthy as well,
of taking control of the world"
- Translated by Bram den Hond, Chapter 48

"The more you study a subject, the more you know;
the more you study the Dao, the less you know;
Less and less, until at the end you achieve Wu Wei.
By Wu Wei, you can accomplish everything.
If you want to govern a country, always try to let nothing happen;
If you make things happen, you are not suitable for governing the country."
- Translated by Xiaolin Yang, Chapter 48

"A man hungry for knowledge gains something every day.
A man who already knows loses something every day:
strips down to the essence
and strips down the essence to nothing,
and leaves nothing unknown.
To rule, let go.
Let people go; let yourself go; let the empire go.
Anarchy is the only art of rulership."
- Translated by Crispin Starwell, Chapter 48

"The student of knowledge acquires day by day.
The student of Tao loses day by day.
Less and less, until nothing is done.
Do nothing, and everything is done.
The world is ruled by letting things take their course.
It cannot be ruled by interfering."
- Translated by Ned Ludd, Chapter 48

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"In the pursuit of learning, every day something is added.
In the pursuit of the Tao, every day something is dropped.
Less and less is done until you come to action with striving.
When you follow this practice, nothing remains undone.
All under heaven is won by letting things take their course.
Nothing can be gained by interfering."
- Translated by Tolbert McCarroll, Chapter 48

"The follower of knowledge learns as much as he can every day;
The follower of the Way forgets as much as he can every day.
By attrition he reaches a state of inaction
Wherein he does nothing, but nothing remains undone.
To conquer the world, accomplish nothing;
If you must accomplish something,
The world remains beyond conquest."
- Translation by Peter A. Merel, Chapter 48

But let your life become
A game of inner commerce,
And you will never cease with making deals;
You will never feel fulfilled-
In this or any other world."
- Translated by Brian Donohue, 2005, Chapter 48

"Pursue learning, gain daily.
Follow the Tao, lose daily.
By losing day–by–day, you arrive at non–ado.
Nothing done, nothing left undone.
Master the world by letting things be,
by letting them take their own course.
The world can't be conquered."
- Translated by George Cronk, 1999, Chapter 48

"In pursuing knowledge, one accumulates daily.
In practicing Tao, one loses daily.
Lose and lose and lose, until one reaches Non-action.
Non-action, yet there is nothing left undone.
To win the world one must not act for gain.
If one acts for gain, one will not be able to win the world."
- Translated by Tam C. Gibbs, 1981, Chapter 48

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"One who seeks knowledge learns something new every day.
One who seeks the Tao unlearns something new every day.
Less and less remains until you arrive at non-action.
When you arrive at non-action,
nothing will be left undone.
Mastery of the world is achieved
by letting things take their natural course.
You can not master the world by changing the natural way."
- Translated by John H. McDonald, Chapter 48

A Chinese Language Version of Chapter 48 of the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
A note on my style of displaying the Chinese characters of the Tao Te Ching

為學日益.
為道日損.
損之又損.
以至於無為.
無為而無不為.
取天下常以無事.
及其有事, 不足以取天下.
- Chinese characters, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 48

wei hsüeh jih yi.
wei tao jih sun.
sun chih yu sun.
yi chih yü wu wei.
wu wei erh wu pu wei.
ch'ü t'ien hsia ch'ang yi wu shih.
ch'i chi yu shih, pu tsu yi ch'ü t'ien hsia.
- Wade-Giles Romanization, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 48

wei xue ri yi.
wei dao ri sun.
sun zhi you sun.
yi zhi yu wu wei.
wu wei er wu bu wei.
qu tian xia chang yi wu shi.
ji qi you shi, bu zu yi qu tian xia.
- Pinyin Romanization, Daodejing, Chapter 48

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"He who pursues learning will increase every day;
He who pursues Tao will decrease every day.
He will decrease and continue to decrease,
Till he comes to non-action;
By non-action everything can be done."
- Translated by Ch'u Ta-Kao, 1904, Chapter 48

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"In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is added.
In the practice of the Tao, every day something is dropped.
Less and less do you need to force things, until finally you arrive at non-action.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.
It can't be gained by interfering."
- Translation by Stephen Mitchell, Chapter 48

"He who pursues learning daily increases;
He who hears the Tao daily decreases.
He decreases and decreases
Until he acts not
And has no intention to act.
He who wishes to win all under heaven
Never creates disturbances.
If he creates disturbances,
He is no longer fit to win all under heaven."
- Translation by Chichung Huang, Chapter 48

"A man anxious for knowledge adds more to himself every minute;
A man acquiring life loses himself in it,
Has less and less to bear in mind,
Less and less to do,
Because life, he finds, is well inclined,
Including himself too.
Often a man sways the world like a wind
But not by deed;
And if there appear to you to be need
Of motion to sway it, it has left you behind."
- Translation by Witter Bynner, 1944, Chapter 48

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"One who engages in study is daily increased.
One who engages in the Dao is daily diminished.
Diminish and once again diminish until there is no activity.
When there is no activity there is nothing that will not be done.
One always takes the world by means of not meddling.
When one meddles then one is inadequate to take the world."
- Translated by Patrick E. Moran, Chapter 48

"The more we learn,
The more things are plowed into our minds;
The more we follow the Dao,
The more things are taken out of our minds.

As we take more and more things out of our mind,
We finally arrive at the state of losing the sense of contriving and action.
At that point we be in the state of non-action.
At that point all actions will be done in the state of non-action.

To win the hearts of all under heaven,
We must always leave people alone.

If we do not leave them alone,
We will not win their adherence."
- Translated by Lok Sang Ho, 2002, Chapter 48

"Learning consists in adding to one's stock day by day;
The practice of Tao consists in “subtracting day by day,
Subtracting and yet again subtracting
Till one has reached inactivity.
But by this very inactivity
Everything can be activated.”
Those who of old won the adherence of all who live under heaven
All did so not interfering.
Had they interfered,
They would never have won this adherence."
- Translated by Arthur Waley, 1934, Chapter 48

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"When pursuing knowledge, something new is acquired each day.
But when pursuing the way of the Tao, something is subtracted;
less striving occurs, until there is no striving.
When effort is uncontrived, nothing is left undone;
the way of nature rules by allowing things to take their course,
not by contriving to change."
- Translated by Stan Rosenthal, Chapter 48

"The practice of ordinary learning increases complexity daily.
The practice of the Tao increases simplicity daily.
Simplicity leads to more simplicity,
Until it reaches the state of pristine nonaction.
Then nothing is done, yet nothing remains undone.
Thus, one who wins the world does so
By not meddling with it, through nonaction, with simplicity.
One who loses the world does so
By meddling with it, through action, with complexity."
- Translated by Yasuhiko Genku Kimura, Chapter 48

"While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use,
He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions.
He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion:
Let Nature take its course.
By letting each thing act in accordance with its own nature,
Everything that needs to be done gets done.
The best way to manage anything is by making use of its own nature;
For a thing cannot function properly when its own nature has been disrupted."
- Translated by Archie J. Bahm, 1958, Chapter 48

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"By activity in learning we are daily enriched.
By activity of Tao we are daily diminished, diminished and yet more diminished,
until we arrive at activity of Inner Life, and activity of Inner Life becomes stillness of Inner Life.
By the practice of Inner Life stillness we can continually conquer all things.
By the practice of returning to possessions, nothing that we conquer will be sufficient for us."
- Translated by Isabella Mears, 1916, Chapter 48

"The pursuit of learning means increasing daily
The pursuit of the way means decreasing daily
Decreasing things and then subtracting
In order to arrive at not doing
When nothing is done, then nothing remains undone
To capture the world, always apply the least effort
As soon as one has to make effort
One is no longer adequate to the purpose of capturing the world"
- Translated by Bradford Hatcher, 2005, Chapter 48

"The scholar seeketh daily increase of knowing;
The sage of Tao daily decrease of doing.
He decreaseth it, again and again, until he doth no act with the lust of result.
Having attained this Inertia all accomplisheth itself.
He who attracteth to himself all that is under Heaven doth so without effort.
He who maketh effort is not able to attract it."
- Translated by Aleister Crowley, 1918, Chapter 48

"In pursuing the study of Tao there will be daily increase; in acting out the Tao when learned, there will be daily diminution.
This marks the characteristics of the two stages.
In the first the man appears to make rapid progress in learning and philosophy, and so cuts a figure before the world; in the second, he becomes simple, humble, self-effacing, and thus may be said to diminish.
When this diminution is still further diminished, he will arrive at a state of inaction, or quiescence.
There is nothing that cannot be done by inaction.
The Sage ever employs inaction in administering the Empire.
As for those who put themselves to trouble in the matter, they are inadequate to the task of government."
- Translated by Frederic Henry Balfour, 1884, Chapter 48

"By studying, every day one increases (useless and injurious particular notions, in one's memory);
By concentrating on the Principle, they are diminished every day.
Pushed to the limit, this diminution ends in non-action, (the consequence of the absence of particular ideas).
Now there is nothing that non-action (letting things go) cannot sort out.
It is through non-action that one wins the empire.
To act, in order to win it, results in failure."
- Translated by Derek Bryce, 1999, Chapter 48

"Wer das Lernen übt, vermehrt täglich.
Wer den Sinn übt, vermindert täglich.
Er vermindert und vermindert,
bis er schließlich ankommt beim Nichtsmachen.
Beim Nichtsmachen bleibt nichts ungemacht.
Das Reich erlangen kann man nur,
wenn man immer frei bleibt von Geschäftigkeit.
Die Vielbeschäftigten sind nicht geschickt,
das Reich zu erlangen."
- Translated by Richard Wilhelm, 1911, Chapter 48

"Nichtwirkenwollen fördert die Gemeinschaft

Wissen drängt täglich nach größerem Wissen.
Wer dem Unergründlichen gehorsam ist,
wird täglich bescheidener.
Er gelangt zum Nichtwollen und endet im Nichtwirken.
Im selbstlosen Gehorsam bleibt nichts ungetan.
So wächst auch ein Reich aus sich selber heraus;
eigenwillige Umtriebe aber zerstören es."
- Translated by Rudolf Backofen, 1949, Chapter 48

"Forgetting Knowledge
Wang Chih

To learn, one increases day by day;
To cultivate Tao, one reduces day by day.
Reduce and reduce and keep on reducing,
Till the state of non-action is reached.
With non-action there is nothing that cannot be done.
Therefore, he who wins the world
Always resorts to non-action.
Once he resorts to action,
He will not be qualified to win the world."
- Translated by Henry Wei, 1982, Chapter 48

"Bodily and mental distress is increased every day in the effort to get knowledge.
But this distress is daily diminished by the getting of Tao.
Do you continually curtail your effort till there be nothing left of it?
By non-action there is nothing which cannot be effected.
A man might, without the least distress, undertake the government of the world.
But those who distress themselves about governing the world are not fit for it."
- Translated by Walter Gorn Old, 1904, Chapter 48

"He who seeks learning must increase his knowledge every day;
He who seeks the Tao must reduce his knowledge every day;
He reduces and reduces until he reaches the state of inaction.
When reaching the state of inaction, one can succeeds in everything.
To govern the world well, one must take inaction as the principle.
If one governs with too much action, one is not a worthy governor."
- Translated by Gu Zhengkun, Chapter 48

And unfitted thereby to take what he seeks to pursue."
- Translated by Isaac Winter Heysinger, 1903, Chapter 48

"Celui qui se livre à l'étude augmente chaque jour ses connaissances.
Celui qui se livre au Tao diminue chaque jour ses passions.
Il les diminue et les diminue sans cesse jusqu'à ce qu'il soit arrivé au non-agir.
Dès qu'il pratique le non-agir, il n'y a rien qui lui soit impossible.
C'est toujours par le non-agir que l'on devient le maître de l'empire.
Celui qui aime à agir est incapable de devenir le maître de l'empire.
- Translated by Stanislas Julien, 1842, Chapter 48

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"Al buscar conocimiento mediante el estudio,
cada día se adquiere algo.
Al buscar conocimiento mediante el Tao,
cada día hay que desprenderse de algo.
Desprendiendose de cada vez más
se llega al estado de la No-Interferencia.
Al No-Interferir
nada se deja sin hacer.
El mundo debe regirse dejando que las cosas fluyan.
Nada puede ser regido interfiriendo contra las cosas."
- Translation from Wikisource, 2013, Capítulo 48

"El que practica el estudio,
incrementa cada día su conocimiento.
Quien practica el Sentido,
lo ve reducirse cada día.
Se va reduciendo y reduciendo,
hasta llegar al No-hacer.
No hace nada, y nada se queda sin hacer.
El reino sólo puede alcanzarse
cuando se está libre de toda actividad.
Los activos no son los Sabios,
no son los que conseguirán el Reino."
- Translation into Spanish from Richard Wilhelm's 1911 German Version by an Unknown Spanish Translator, 2015, Capítulo 48

"El que persigue el conocimiento, adquiere tanto como puede cada día;
El que persigue al Tao, pierde tanto como puede cada día.
Alcanza un estado de inacción
Tal que sin hacer nada, nada queda sin hacer."
- Translated by Antonio Rivas Gonzálvez, 1998, Capítulo 48

"El estudio es acumular de día en día.
El Tao es disminuirde día en día y,
disminuyendo más y más, sellega a la inacción.
Inacción que nada deja de hacer.
Siempre se ha conquistadoel mundo sin hacer nada para ello.
No basta trabajar para ganar el mundo."
- Translated by Carmelo Elorduy, 2006, Capítulo 48

"Mediante los conocimientos se acumula día a día.
Mediante el Tao se pierde día a día:
Hay que perder y perder hasta Ilegar al estado del no-hacer.
No-hacer, y sin embargo no hay nada que se deje sin hacer.
Para conquistar el mundo debes practicar la renuncia.
El que persigue la acción jamás conquistará el mundo."
- Translation from Logia Medio Dia, 2015, Capítulo 48

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Chapter 48

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

By Lao Tzu (Laozi)

Chapter 48

Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) by Lao Tzu

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

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

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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.

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

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Daoism: A Beginner's Guide By James Miller

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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

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

Lifestyle Advice from Wise Persons

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 Te Ching Translated by Arthur Waley

Tao - The Way Translated by Lionel and and Herbert Giles

Taoism: An Essential Guide By Eva Wong

Lifestyle Advice from Wise Persons

Ripening Peaches: Taoist Studies and Practices

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 48

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

Chapter 48

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.

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.

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

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

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 Te Ching Translated by Arthur Waley

Tao - The Way Translated by Lionel and and Herbert Giles

Taoism: An Essential Guide By Eva Wong

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

Research and Indexing by Michael P. Garofalo

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

By Lao Tzu (Laozi)

Research and Indexing by
Michael P. Garofalo