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Chapter 70

Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) by Lao Tzu

English and Chinese (Wade-Giles) Terms: Difficult to Understand, They Who Know Me Are Few, Hide Your Jewels, Difficulty of Being Rightly Known, Understanding (i-chih), Practice, Followers, Kept to One's Heart, Heaven Below or Earth or Worldly (t'ien hsia), Practice (i-hsing, chih), Hidden, Ancestor or Source (tsung), Simple Clothes, Few (kuei), Deeds or Action (shih), Wool, Not or No (wu, pu), Jewels, Hidden Treasure, Self Control, Wisdom, Sage, Nature, Dao, Ruler (chün), Ancestor, Language, Leadership, Ordinary, Words or Teaching or Doctrines (yen), Gems or Jade (yü), Principles, Rare or Few (hsi), Follow or Imitate (tsê), Treasured or Honored (kuei), Underappreciated, Progenitor (tsung), Wise Man or Sage (shêng), Wears or Dresses (pei), Homespun or Plain or Rough (ho), Hides or Conceals (huai), Rare, Educating, Teaching, Learning, Easy (yi) to Know (chih) and Easy to Practice (hsing), 知難

Términos en Español: Difícil de Entender, Entendimiento, Práctica, Seguidores, Práctica, Joyas, Tesoro Escondido, Sabiduría, Sabio, Naturaleza, Lana, Jade, Regla, Idioma, Liderazgo, Ordinarios, Palabras, Principios, Progenitor, Fuente, Oculto, Antiguo, Seguimiento, Educación, Enseñanza, Aprendizaje, Fácil Saber, Fácil de Practicar, Enseñanza, Doctrinas, Mundano, Tierra, Ancestro, Fuente, Acciones, Negativo, No, Pocos, Siga, Imitar, Raro, Atesorado, Honrado, Sabio, Vestidos, Llano, Simple, Cueros, Oculta, Gemas.

"My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice:
but in the world no one can understand, no one can practice them.
Words have an ancestor; Deeds have a master - Reason.
Since he is not understood, therefore I am not understood.
Those who understand me are few, and thus I am distinguished.
Therefore the holy man wears wool, and hides in his bosom his jewels."
- Translated by D. T. Suzuki and Paul Carus, 1913, Chapter 70

"My words are very easy to know,
Very easy to follow.
Yet the world is unable to know them,
Unable to follow them.

My words have a source,
My efforts have mastery.
Indeed, since none know this,
They do not know me.
The rare ones who know me
Must treasure me.

Therefore, Evolved Individuals
Wear a coarse cloth covering
With precious jade at the center."
- Translated by R. L. Wing, 1986, Chapter 70

"My words are easy to understand and very easy to apply.
But no Ego is able to understand them or apply them.

It is simply because of their ignorance
that Egos do not understand me.
Those who understand me are few, and
thus I am ennobled.

For this reason, Sages may wear homespun cloth over their shoulders,
but they carry a jewel beyond price in their heart."
- Translated by Jerry C. Welch, 1998, Chapter 70

"My teaching is very easy to understand and very easy to practise.
Yet the world does not understand or practise it!
My teaching has its basis, and my conduct has its reason.
Because the world is ignorant of them, I am misunderstood.
There are few who understand me, and those who abuse me are placed in positions of honour.
Therefore the Sage must dress in coarse robes while hiding precious jewels within his breast!"
- Translated by Cheng Lin, Chapter 70

"My words are very easy to understand and very easy to put into practice,
Yet no one in the world can understand them or put them into practice.
Words have an ancestor and affairs have a sovereign.
It is because people are ignorant that they fail to understand me.
Those who understand me are few;
Those who harm me are honoured.
Therefore the sage, while clad in homespun, conceals on his person a priceless piece of jade."
- Translated by D. C. Lau, 1963, Chapter 70

"This way of living and leading groups is easy to understand.
It is easy to do.
But not many leaders understand this approach.
Very few use it in their work.
Frankly, it is too simple and ancient to attract much attention.
As a rule, the greatest interest goes to the greatest novelty.
The wise leader, sticking to the single principle of how everything happens,
does nothing new or original.
The wise leader appeals to a very few followers,
to those who recognize that traditional wisdom is a treasure
which often lies hidden beneath an ordinary appearance."
- Translated by John Heider, 1985, Chapter 70

"My words are very easy to understand, and very easy to practice.
But the world cannot understand them, nor practice them.
My words have a root.
My deeds have a lord.
Because people are not aware of this, they do not understand me.
Those who understand me are few, those who follow me are honored.
Therefore, the sage wears coarse clothes, while keeping the jade in his bosom."
- Translated by Tien Cong Tran, Chapter 70

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"My words are very easy to understand, very easy to practice, yet none among all under Heaven can understand them, and none can practice them.
My words have a progenitor, and my undertakings have a sovereign.
It is just because there is no understanding of this that they do not understand me.
As long as those who understand me are rare, someone like me is precious.
Thus it is that the sage wears coarse woolen cloth but harbors jade in his bosom."
- Translated by Richard John Lynn, Chapter 70

"The way of the master is simple, and easy to practice.
But your mind cannot understand, and you can’t try to attain it.
Ordinary people are interested in the mundane world, and even if they hear of the Tao they don’t grasp its depth.
Few and far between are those who follow the way.
They realise those who don’t follow, aren’t ready, so don’t try to persuade them.
Those who become ready have to lose all hope.
Once all hope is lost, there is hope."
- Translated by David Bullen, Chapter 70

"Being very easy to comprehend,
These teachings are simple to practice.
Yet, few are they who will release ego
sufficiently to achieve understanding,
let alone the ability to practice.

These teachings have their source in nature,
Their master is the Tao.
Not comprehending this,
People find great difficulty in understanding the Sage.
So, with few people really understanding him,
He is most highly valued.

Thus the Sage,
Tho' presenting a poor appearance, to the world,
Yet carries the riches of nature embedded in his core."
- Translated by Alan B. Taplow, 1982, Chapter 70

"My words (yen) are very easy to understand (i-chih),
Very easy to put into practice (i-hsing).
But no one under heaven can understand (chih) them,
No one can put them into practice.
Words (yen) have their ruler (chün);
Events (shih) have their progenitor (tsung).
Because people do not understand (chih) this,
Therefore they do not understand me.
Those who understand me are rare,
Those who follow (tsê) my teaching are (preciously) few (kuei).
Therefore the sage wears hair-cloth,
While carrying jade in his breast."
- Translated by Ellen Marie Chen, 1989, Chapter 70

"The things I am saying are very easy to understand and very easy to practice.
Yet no one in the world can comprehend them fully nor practice them perfectly.
The things I am saying did not originate with me but have their source in Nature.
It is because men do not understand this source that they do not understand me.
Since those who understand me are few, they are, for that reason, all the more worthy of emulation.
Therefore the intelligent man presents a poor exterior, yet carries Nature's riches embedded in his core."
- Translated by Archie J. Bahm, 1958, Chapter 70

"My way is so simple to feel, so easy to apply,
That only a few will feel it or apply it.
If it were not the lasting way, the natural way to try,
If it were a passing way, everyone would try it.
But however few shall go my way
Or feel concerned with me,
Some there are and those are they
Who witness what they see:
Sanity is a haircloth sheath
With a jewel underneath."
- Translated by Witter Bynner, 1944, Chapter 70

"Embarrassingly obvious
And always near at hand
It is this nothingness you see
But never understand

Though truth within is ageless
Very few will ever see
My face is what I give to you
The jewel within is me "
- Translated by Jim Clatfelder, 2000, Chapter 70

"Tao is easy to understand and even easier to practice.
Yet no one knows it, and no one practices it.
Words have an origin, like actions have an origin.
It is because you do not know the origin that you do not know Tao.
Since few people know it, Tao is very rare."
- Translated by Ned Ludd, Chapter 70

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"My words are very easy to understand
And very easy to put into practice.
Yet no one under heaven understands them;
No one puts them into practice.
But my words have an ancestry, my deeds have a lord;
And it is precisely because men do not understand this
That they are unable to understand me.
Few then understand me, but it is upon this very fact my value depends.
It is indeed in this sense that “the Sage wears hair-cloth on top,
But carries jade under neath his dress.”"
- Translated by Arthur Waley, 1934, Chapter 70

A Chinese Language Version of Chapter 70 of the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
A note on my style of displaying the Chinese characters of the Tao Te Ching

吾言甚易知, 甚易行.
天下莫能知, 莫能行.
言有宗.
事有君.
夫唯無知, 是以不我知.
知我者希.
則我者貴.
是以聖人被褐懷玉.
- Chinese characters, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 70

wu yen shên yi chih, shên yi hsing.
t'ien hsia mo nêng chih, mo nêng hsing.
yen yu tsung.
shih yu chün.
fu wei wu chih, shih yi pu wu chih.
chih wu chê hsi.
tsê wu chê kuei.
shih yi shêng jên pei ho huai yü.
- Wade-Giles Romanization, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 70

wu yan shen yi zhi, shen yi xing.
tian xia mo neng zhi, mo neng xing.
yan you zong.
shi you jun.
fu wei wu zhi, shi yi bu wo zhi.
zhi wo zhe xi.
ze wo zhe gui.
shi yi sheng ren pi he er huai yu.
- Pinyin Romanization, Daodejing, Chapter 70

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"My words are very easy to know, and very easy to practice;
But there is no one in the world who is able to know and able to practice them.
There is an originating and all-comprehending (principle) in my words,
And an authoritative law for the things which I enforce.
It is because they do not know these, that men do not know me.
They who know me are few, and I am on that account the more to be prized.
It is thus that the sage wears a poor garb of hair cloth, while he carries his signet of jade in his bosom."
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"My words are very easy to understand and very easy to put into practice;
but in all the world there is no one who can understand them and can put them into practice.
My words have a system, my actions have a governor.
Indeed, it is just because they are not understood, that men do not understand me.
Those who understand me are rare, those who pattern themselves after me are highly prized.
Thus the Saint wears hair-cloth, but carries jade in his breast."
- Translated by Jan Julius Duyvendak, Chapter 70

"My words
Are very easy to know
Are very easy to practice.
In the world
None is able to know
None is able to practice."
- Translated by David Lindauer, Chapter 70

"My words are easy to understand and easy to perform,
Yet no one under Heaven is able to know them or practice them.
My words touch the fundamental,
The things concerned include all under Heaven.
Because ignorance exists,
There is no knowledge of me, my true self.
Those that know me are so very few,
Thus accomplishing my value,
Therefore, Sage wear coarse clothing and carry a priceless jewel in their bosom."
Translated by Hu Xuezhi, 2005, Chapter 70

"Honour comes when least I'm Known ...
My words are easy just to understand:
To live by them is very easy too;
Yet it appears that none in all the world
Can understand or make them come to life.
My words have ancestors, my works a prince;
Since none know this, unknown I too remain.
But honor comes to me when least I'm known:
The Wise Man, with a jewel in his breast,
Goes clad in garments made of shoddy stuff."
- Translated by Raymond Blakney, 1955, Chapter 70

"My teachings are very easy to understand
and very easy to practice,
But no one can understand them and
no one can practice them.
In my words there is a principle.
In the affairs of men there is a system.
Because they know not these,
They also know me not.
Since there are few that know me,
Therefore I am distinguished.
Therefore the Sage wears a coarse cloth on top
And carries jade within his bosom."
- Translated by Lin Yutang, 1948, Chapter 70

"My words are easy to understand and easy to practice.
However, people in the world rarely understand and practice them.
The words have their origins.
The events have their causes.
People can hardly understand this.
Therefore they rarely understand me.
Few people understand me.
Those who do follow me are prized.
This is why sages dress in crude clothes but carry jades."
- Translated by Thomas Z. Zhang, Chapter 70

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"It is very easy to comprehend my teachings and to put them into practice.
Yet there is no one in the world who is able either to comprehend, or to practice them.
There is an originating principle for speech, an authoritative law for conduct, but because this knowledge is lacking I am unknown. Those who know Me are few; those who imitate Me are worthy.
Hence the Holy Man wears coarse garments, but carries a jewel in his bosom."
- Translated by C. Spurgeon Medhurst, 1905, Chapter 70

"My teaching is very easy to be understood and very easy to be followed,
Yet very few people in the world can understand and follow it.
My teaching is to trace the origin of all things and my service is to serve the fundamentals of Nature.
If one does not understand Nature, surely, he cannot understand me.
If I am known only by a few, I feel envious of it.
Therefore, the Sage ruler even wore coarse clothes but embraced his jadelike personality."
- Translated by Tang Zi-Chang, Chapter 70

"My sayings are easy to recognize, and very easy to apply.
But no one in the world can recognize them, and no one can apply them.
Sayings have a source, events have a leader.
It is only through ignorance that I am not known.
Those who know me are rare; those who emulate me are noble.
This is why sages dress plainly, and conceal what is precious."
- Translated by Thomas Cleary, 1991, Chapter 70

"Though the words of the sage are simple,
and his actions easily performed,
they are few among many,
who can speak or act as a sage.

For the ordinary man it is difficult
to know the way of a sage,
perhaps because his words
are from the distant past,
and his actions naturally disposed.

Those who know the way of the sage
are few and far between,
but those who treat him with honesty,
will be honoured by him and the Tao.

He knows he makes no fine display,
and wears rough clothes, not finery.
It is not in his expectancy of men
that they should understand his ways,
for he carries his jade within his heart."
- Translated by Stan Rosenthal, 1984, Chapter 70

"My words are so simple to understand
and so easily put into practice
that no one in all beneath heaven understands them
and no one puts them into practice.
Words have their ancestral origins and actions their sovereign:
it's only because people don't understand this that they don't understand me.
And the less people understand me the more precious I become.
So it is that a sage wears sackcloth, keeping pure jade harbored deep."
- Translated by David Hinton, Chapter 70

"My words are very easy to understand, and very easy to practice.
But the world cannot understand them, nor practice them.
My words have an Ancestor.
My deeds have a Lord.
The people have no knowledge of this.
Therefore, they have no knowledge of me.
The fewer persons know me,
The nobler are they that follow me.
Therefore, the Sage wears coarse clothes,
While keeping the jade in his bosom."
- Translated by John C. H. Wu, 1961, Chapter 70

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"My words are very easily known.
They are very easily practiced.
No one in the world can fully know them,
No one in the world can fully practice them.
My words come from one Source,
My service is to one Ruler.
The Master indeed knows the Inner Kingdom,
That is why he knows the negation of self.
Few there are who know the self.
Because they know it not, they prize the self.
That is why the self-controlled man wears wool.
But in his bosom are jewels."
- Translated by Isabella Mears, 1916, Chapter 70

"My teaching is very easy to understand,
And very easy to carry out.
Yet the world is incapable of understanding it,
And incapable of carrying it out.
My teaching has an ancient source,
My practices have a ruling principle.
As people are ignorant of this,
So they fail to understand me.
When those who understand me are few,
Then I am distinguished indeed.
That's why the Sage wears a coarse cotton robe,
To conceal the jade ornament worn on his bosom."
- Translated by Henry Wei, 1982, Chapter 70

"My words are easy to understand, easy to put in practice; yet the world can neither understand nor practice them.
My words have an underlying intent; my actions have a ruling motive.
It is only ignorance that causes men not to understand my doctrine.
Those who understand me are few; those who copy me are worthy.
Wherefore the Sage dresses in coarse robes while hiding a jewel in his breast."
- Translated by Frederic Henry Balfour, 1884, Chapter 70

"My teaching is very easy to understand and very easy to practice.
However, in this world, no one understands it and no one practices it.
Your speech must be based on facts, your actions must follow principles.
Only because people do not understand the DAO, do they not understand me.
Few people know my teaching; even fewer people follow my cause.
Therefore, the great men wore coarse clothing, but hid treasures inside."
- Translated by Xiaolin Yang, Chapter 70

"Geringe Zahl der Berufenen

Das Wahre ist einfach zu verstehen und leicht zu befolgen,
und doch hört es keiner und befolgt es niemand.
Wort und Werk wollen aus dem Urgrund aufsteigen.
Wer dies nicht erkennt,
erkennt auch das Unergründliche in meiner Lehre nicht.

Immer verstehen nur wenige das Tiefste,
darin liegt auch meine Würde.
Der Weyse trägt nach außen ein unscheinbares Gewand,
doch birgt er in seinem Inneren edelsten Schmuck."
- Translated by Rudolf Backofen, 1949, Chapter 70

"Meine Worte sind sehr leicht zu verstehen,
sehr leicht auszuführen.
Aber niemand auf Erden kann sie verstehen,
kann sie ausführen.
Die Worte haben einen Ahn.
Die Taten haben einen Herrn.
Weil man die nicht versteht,
versteht man mich nicht.

Eben daß ich so selten verstanden werde,
darauf beruht mein Wert.
Darum geht der Berufene im härenen Gewand;
aber im Busen birgt er ein Juwel."
- Translated by Richard Wilhelm, 1911, Chapter 70

"Words have an ancestor; deeds have a governor.
My words are very easy to know, and very easy to practice,
Yet all men in the world do not know them nor practice them.
It is because they have knowledge that they do not know me.
When those who know me are few, eventually I am beyond all praise.
Therefore the Sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom;
He knows himself but does not display himself;
He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem.
Thus he rejects the latter and takes the former."
- Translated by Ch'u Ta-Kao, 1904, Chapter 70

"My words are very easy to understand; very easy to put into practice.
Yet no one in the world has the ability to understand; no one has the ability to put them into practice.
Well, words have been handed down from antiquity; affairs have been controlled by others.
That’s merely stupidity.
That’s not my understanding.
One who understands is a rarity, so I hold them dear to my heart.
That’s why a wise person covers himself with coarse clothing while carrying a precious gem within."
- Translated by Nina Correa, 2005, Chapter 70

"Easy are my words to know, and also to practice.
Yet none is able to understand nor yet to practice them.
For there is a remote origin for my words, and a supreme law for my actions.
Not knowing these, men cannot know me.
Those who know me are few, and by them I am esteemed.
For the wise man is outwardly poor, but he carries his jewel in his bosom."
- Translated by Walter Gorn Old, 1904, Chapter 70

My words are very easy to understand and very easy to put into practice, yet in all the world no one appears to understand them or to practice them.
Words have an ancestor (a preceding idea), deeds have a master (a preceding purpose), and just as these are often not understood, so I am not understood.
They who understand me are very few, and on that account I am worthy of honor.
The wise man wears wool (rather than silk) and keeps his gems out of sight."
- Translated by Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel, 1919, Chapter 70

"My words are very easy to understand,
And very easy to put into practice,
Yet there should have been no one in the world
Who can understand them
Or can put them into practice.
Words must be purpose-oriented,
Deeds must be reasonably grounded.
People cannot understand me
Because they fail to understand what is said above.
Those who understand me are few;
Those who can follow my advice are even less.
That is why the sage
Is always dressed in coarse cloth
But conceals about him a beautiful piece of jade (the Tao)."
- Translated by Gu Zengkun, Chapter 70

"Mes paroles sont très faciles à comprendre, très faciles à pratiquer.
Dans le monde personne ne peut les comprendre, personne ne peut les pratiquer.
Mes paroles ont une origine, mes actions ont une règle.
Les hommes ne les comprennent pas, c'est pour cela qu'ils m'ignorent.
Ceux qui me comprennent sont bien rares.
Je n'en suis que plus estimé.
De là vient que le Saint se revêt d'habits grossiers et cache des pierres précieuses dans son sein."
- Translated by Stanislas Julien, 1842, Chapter 70

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"Mis palabras son fáciles de comprender
y fáciles de practicar.
Pero nadie bajo el Cielo las comprende,
y nadie en la Tierra las practica.
Mis palabras tienen orígenes ancestrales,
Mis acciones son disciplinadas,
Pero todos ignoran mis enseñanzas,
porque todos me ignoran a mí.
Raros son los que me siguen
y eso resalta mi valor.
El sabio oculta bajo sus pobres ropajes
piedras preciosas en su corazón."
- Translation from Wikisource, 2013, Tao Te Ching, Capítulo 70

"Mis palabras son fáciles de entender y poner en práctica.
No obstante, muchas personas no pueden entenderlas y no pueden ponerlas en práctica.
Detrás de mis palabras, está el Origen de todo.
En vista de que estas personas no Lo conocen, ellas no me comprenden.
Quien ha conocido a Tao es silencioso y no llama la atención,
aunque se porta con dignidad.
Esta persona se viste con ropa sencilla, pero lo precioso lo esconde adentro."
- Translated by Anton Teplyy, 2008, Tao Te Ching, Capítulo 70

"Mis palabras, son fáciles de comprender, fáciles de practicar;
pero en el mundo no hay nadie capaz de comprenderlas,
no hay nadie capaz de practicarlas.
Mis palabras tienen un origen, mis actos tienen un señor.
Como no los conocen, tampoco me comprenden a mí.
Raros son los que comprenden, con lo que resalta mi valor.
Por eso el sabio vestido de harpillera alberga un jade en su pecho."
- Translated by Juan Ignacio Preciado, 1978, Tao Te Ching, Capítulo 70

"Lo que yo enseño es fácil de aprender, fácil de practicar,
Pero en el mundo nadie lo entiende y nadie sabe practicarlo bien.
Mis palabras provienen de una tradición primordial.
Mis acciones dependen de un señor.
El vulgo no las puede comprender y por eso no me comprenden.
Muy pocos me conocen y en eso reside mi gloria.
De allí que el sabio ande mal trajeado y oculte el jade en su espalda."
- Translation from Logia Medio Dia, 2015, Tao Te Ching, Capítulo 70

"La palabras tienen un origen; los hechos, una ley.
Mis palabras son fáciles de comprender y fáciles de seguir,
Y, sin embargo, nadie las comprende y nadie las practica.
Es la sabiduría la que impide al hombre acercarse a mi.
Son pocos los que me siguen, porque estoy más allá de toda alabanza.
Por ello el Sabio se cubre con una tela tosca, pero guarda joyas en su seno.
Conoce su valor, pero no lo ostenta.
Se ama a sí mismo, pero no se tiene en alta estima.
Rechaza lo último y se ciñe a lo primero."
- Translated from Chinese into English by Ch'u Ta-Kao, Translated from English into Spanish by Caridad Diaz Faes, Capítulo 70

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Tao Te Ching, Translations into English: Terebess Asia Online (TAO). 124 nicely formatted complete English language translations, on separate webpages, of the Daodejing. Alphabetical index by translators. Each webpage has all 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching translated into English. A useful collection! Many reformatted and colored versions from the original collection at Das Tao Te King von Lao Tse. Caution: copyright infringement may sometimes be an issue at this website.

Daodejing by Laozi: Chapters with Chinese characters, seal script, detailed word by word concordance, Pinyin (tone#), German, French and English. This is an outstanding resource for serious students of the Tao Te Ching.

Two Visions of the Way: A Study of the Wang Pi and the Ho-Shang Kung Commentaries on the Lao-Tzu. By Professor by Alan Kam-Leung Chan. SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture. State University of New York Press, 1991. Index, bibliography, glossary, notes, 314 pages. ISBN: 0791404560.

Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition By Jonathan Star. Translation, commentary and research tools. New York, Jeremy P. Tarcher, Penguin, 2001. Concordance, tables, appendices, 349 pages. A new rendition of the Tao Te Ching is provided, then a verbatim translation with extensive notes. Detailed tables for each verse provide line number, all the Chinese characters, Wade-Giles Romanization, and a list of meanings for each character. An excellent print reference tool!

Chinese Reading of the Daodejing Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi with Critical Text and Translation. By Professor Rudolf G. Wagner. A SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture. English and Mandarin Chinese Edition. State University of New York Press; Bilingual edition (October 2003). 540 pages. ISBN: 978-0791451823. Wang Bi (Wang Pi, Fusi), 226-249 CE, Commentary on the Tao Te Ching.

Tao Te Ching Translated by D. C. Lau. Addison Wesley, Reprint Edition, 2000. 192 pages. ISBN: 978-0140441314.

Yellow Bridge Dao De Jing Comparison Table Provides side by side comparisons of translations of the Tao Te Ching by James Legge, D. T. Suzuki, and Dwight Goddard. Chinese characters for each paragraph in the Chapter are on the left; place your cursor over the Chinese characters to see the Pinyin Romanization of the Chinese character and a list of meanings.

Translators Index, Tao Te Ching Versions in English, Translators Sorted Alphabetically by Translator, Links to Books and Online Versions of the Chapters

The Tao of Zen. By Ray Grigg. Tuttle, 2012, 256 pages. Argues for the view that Zen is best characterized as a version of philosophical Taoism (i.e., Laozi and Zhuangzi) and not Mahayana Buddhism.

Lao-tzu's Taoteching Translated by Red Pine (Bill Porter). Includes many brief selected commentaries for each Chapter draw from commentaries in the past 2,000 years. Provides a verbatim translation and shows the text in Chinese characters. San Francisco, Mercury House, 1996, Second Edition, 184 pages. An invaluable resource for commentaries.

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

By Lao Tzu (Laozi)

Chapter 70

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

Be Enlightened! A Guidebook to the Tao Te Ching and Taoist Meditation: Your Six-Month Journey to Spiritual Enlightenment By Wes Burgess

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

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

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 70

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

Chapter 70

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.

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

Be Enlightened! A Guidebook to the Tao Te Ching and Taoist Meditation: Your Six-Month Journey to Spiritual Enlightenment By Wes Burgess

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

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

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