English and Chinese (Wade-Giles) Terms: Harmed Through Greed, Starving (chi) People (min), Famine, Excessive Taxes, Seeking or Striving (ch'iu), Don't Worry About Death, Eat (shih), Be Disinterested, Not or Without or Nothing (wu), Less Bad Government (chih) is Better, Worthy or Good (hsien), Injury from Covetousness, Lightly or Frivolous (ch'ing), Ruling Classes, Officials or Authorities (shang), Taxes or Levy (shui), Not Striving, Acting or Meddling (wei), Esteem or Honor (kuei), Avoid an Excessive Interest in Daily Affairs, Difficult or Hard (nan), Death (ssu), Poor, Truth (fu), Impoverished, Life or Living (shêng), Work, Exemplars, Intensity and Vigor (hou), 貪損

Términos en Español: La Gente Hambrienta, Hambre, Excessivos, Impuestos, Buscando, Muerte, Comida, No Tiene Interés, Sin, Nada, Menos Mal Gobierno, Mejor, Dingo, Bueno, Codicia, Frívolo, Gobernantes, Funcionarios, Autoridades, Sin Esfuerzo, Actuar, Estima, Honor, Dificil, Duro, Verdad, Empobrecida, Vida, Trabajo Ejemplares, Intensidad, Vigor.

"The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain.
That is the only reason why they starve.
The people are difficult to keep in order because those above them interfere.
That is the only reason why they are so difficult to keep in order.
The people attach no importance to death,
Because those above them are too grossly absorbed in the pursuit of life.
That is why they attach no importance to death.
And indeed, in that their hearts are so little set on life
They are superior to these who set store by life."
- Translation by Arthur Waley, Chapter 75

"The people are starving,
Because he takes too much grain tax,
Hence, they are starving.
The hundred family names are unruly,
Because their sovereign has the intention to act,
Hence, they are unruly.
The people take death lightly,
Because he seeks after extravagant living,
Hence, they take death lightly.
Only one who does not apply himself to living
Is worthier than those who exalt living."
- Translated by Chichung Huang, Chapter 75

"Starvation among the people comes from how much taxes-in-kind those above them 'eat'.
From this: they starve.
The difficulty in governing people comes from those above them taking deeming-action.
From this: they are difficult to govern.
People take death lightly because those above them seek life's richness.
From this they take death lightly.
In general: only those who don't deem-act using 'life' --these are worthies at valuing life."
- Translated by Chad Hansen, Chapter 75

"If the people starve, it is because those above them tax their livelihood too heavily.
That is why they starve.
If the people are unruly,
It is because those above them are too Active.
That is why they are unruly.
If the people take death lightly, it is because they seek life's bounty.
That is why they take death lightly.
Those who live life without striving are exemplars of valuing life."
- Translated by Tam C. Gibbs, 1981, Chapter 75

"People go hungry because taxes eat their food.
Therefore, the people go hungry.

People are hard to manage because they are oppressed.
Therefore, they are hard to manage.

People laugh at death because their lives are cheapened
With the weight of expectation.
This is why they laugh at death.

Who could value life
When food is scarce, and freedom repressed?"
- Translated by Brian Donohue, 2005, Chapter 75

"The hunger of the people
Is from their superiors eating up so much of their tax grain
This is behind the hunger
The difficulties in governing the people
Are due to their superiors having to take action
This is behind the difficulties in government
The people come to take death lightly
Because they pursue life’s riches
This is behind their taking death lightly
Only when one does not think life a performance
Will there be skill in valuing life."
- Translated by Bradford Hatcher, 2005, Chapter 75

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"Starvation of a people comes when an official appropriates to himself too much of the taxes.
The reason a people are difficult to govern is because the officials are too meddlesome;
the people make light of death because they are so absorbed in life's interests.
The one who is not absorbed in life is more moral than he who esteems life."
- Translated by Dwight Goddard, 1919, Chapter 75

"If you require many concessions from children, they won’t be able to fulfill their own hearts.
Give them many rules to follow and they will rebel.
When people outwardly value life, death is taken lightly.
If death is taken lightly, life will easily be sacrificed."
- Translated by David Bullen, Chapter 75

"Why are the people starving?
Because their rulers devour too much in taxes.
That's why they starve.
Why are the people rebellious?
Because their rulers can't stop interfering.
That's why they rebel.
Why do the people make light of death?
Because they are intent on life.
That's why they make light of death.
Yet those who do not strive to live
are wiser than those who value life."
- Translated by Tim Chilcott, 2005, Chapter 75

"The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors.
It is through this that they suffer famine.
The people are difficult to govern because of the excessive agency of their superiors in governing them.
It is through this that they are difficult to govern.
The people make light of dying because of the greatness of their labours in seeking for the means of living.
It is this which makes them think light of dying.
Thus it is that to leave the subject of living altogether out of view is better that to set a high value on it."
- Translated by Andre von Gauthier, Chapter 75

"When people are starving, it is because their governments take too much, causing hem to starve.
When people are hard to control, it is because of the contrivances of their governments, which make them hard to control.
When people slight death, it is because of the earnestness with which they seek life;
that makes them slight death.
Only those who do not contrive to live are wise in valuing life."
- Translated by Thomas Cleary, 1991, Chapter 75

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" 'The people are starving.' It is because those high up eat too much tax grain, this is why they are starving.
'The people are hard to govern.' It is because there is Working among those high up, this is why they are hard to govern.
'The people take death lightly.' It is because they pursue a lavish life, this is why they take death lightly.
Simply: Those who do not Work at 'living' - these are better men than those who 'love life.' "
- Translated by Michael LaFargue, 1992, Chapter 75

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A note on my style of displaying the Chinese characters of the Tao Te Ching

民之飢, 以其上食稅之多, 是以飢.
民之難治, 以其上之有為, 是以難治.
民之輕死, 以其求生之厚, 是以輕死.
夫唯無以生為者, 是賢於貴生.
- Chinese characters, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 75

min chih chi, yi ch'i shang shih shui chih, to shih yi chi.
min chih nan chih, yi ch'i shang chih yu wei, shih yi nan chih.
min chih ch'ing ssu, yi ch'i ch'iu shêng chih hou, shih yi ch'ing ssu.
fu wei wu yi shêng wei chê, shih hsien yü kuei shêng.
- Wade-Giles (1892) Romanization, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 75

min zhi ji, yi qi shang shi shui zhi, duo shi yi ji.
min zhi nan zhi, yi qi shang zhi you wei, shi yi nan zhi.
min zhi qing si, yi qi shang qiu sheng zhi hou, shi yi qing si.
fu wei wu yi sheng wei zhe, shi xian yu gui sheng.
- Hanyu Pinyin (1982) Romanization, Daodejing, Chapter 75

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"The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors.
Because of this they suffer from famine.
The people are difficult to govern because of the officiousness of their superiors; because of this they are difficult to govern.
Men are continually dying because they lust after life; because of this they frequently die.
It is only those with whom life is no object who truly value life."
- Translated by C. Spurgeon Medhurst, 1905, Chapter 75

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"When the nation is in want of food, it can be seen that the government officials are eating too much of the grain in excessive taxes.
And why are the people restive and hard to govern?
They are in a state of near rebellion due to the intrusive machinations of the government.
The people learn to make light of death when they strive to obtain goods and extravagant items.
They are relentlessly working to acquire more, and look to death as a release from pursuit of material gain.
In this wise it is easy to not place too high a price on life."
- Translated by John Dicus, 2002, Chapter 75

"The people’s starving
Is because of their superior’s consumption of too many taxes.
Thus the starvation.

The people’s difficulty to govern
Is because of their superior’s possessive governing.
Thus the difficulty to govern.

The people’s reckless deaths
Are because of their seeking the thickness of life.
Thus the reckless deaths.

Only those who do not use life to contrive
Are indeed skilled at valuing life."
- Translated by Aalar Fex, 2006, Chapter 75

"The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors.
It is through this that they suffer famine.
The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their superiors (in governing them).
It is through this that they are difficult to govern.
The people make light of dying because of the greatness of their labours in seeking for the means of living.
It is this which makes them think light of dying.
Thus it is that to leave the subject of living altogether out of view is better than to set a high value on it."
- Translated by James Legge, 1891, Chapter 75

"Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve;
when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also.
Those who govern people make them discontented with being controlled;
and therefore cause them to be uncontrollable.
Those who are so eager to make a better living that they risk death in doing so are the very ones most likely to die.
Only the self-sufficient person who depends upon and endangers no one else in order to get his living is most sure to live."
- Translated by Archie J. Bahm, 1958, Chapter 75.

"People are hungry.
Because their rulers levy too much grain tax,
Therefore they are hungry.
People are hard to rule.
Because their rulers rule by action (wei),
Therefore they are hard to rule.
People take death lightly.
Because they are in thick pursuit of life,
Therefore they take death lightly.
One who has nothing to pursue in life,
Is wiser than one who values life."
- Translated by Helen Chen, Chapter 75

"When people go hungry, the government's taxes are too high.
When people become rebellious, the government has become too intrusive.
When people begin to view death lightly, wealthy people have too much which causes others to starve.
Only those who do not cling to their life can save it."
- Translated by John H. McDonald, 1996, Chapter 75

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"When taxes are too heavy, hunger lays the people low.
When those who govern interfere too much, the people become rebellious.
When those who govern demand too much of people's lives, death is taken lightly.
When the people are starving in the land, life is of little value,
and so is more easily sacrificed by them in overthrowing government."
- Translated by Stan Rosenthal, 1984, Chapter 75

"The reason why people starve,
Is because they take so much in tax-grain.
Therefore the people are starving.

The reason why the common people cannot be ruled,
Is because their superiors have their reasons for acting.
Therefore they cannot be ruled.

The reason why people take death lightly,
Is because they so avidly seek after life.
Therefore the people take death lightly.
Only those who do not act for the purpose of living -
Only those are superior to those who value life."
- Translated by Bram den Hond, Chapter 75

"The people starve.
Because their officials take heavy taxes from them, therefore they starve.
The people are hard to rule.
Because their officials meddle with affairs, therefore they are hard to rule.
The people pay no heed to death.
Because they Endeavour to seek life; therefore they pay no heed to death."
- Translated by Ch'u Ta-Kao, 1904, Chapter 75

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"The people are hungry.
Because they who are over the food tax it heavily
That is why the people are hungry.
The people are difficult to govern.
Because the rulers trust in possessions and activities
That is why the people are difficult to govern.
The people make light of death.
Because they work hard in order to save their life,
That is why they make light of death.
A Master indeed is he whose life-activities are from within.
He excels all man in his application of Life."
- Translated by Isabella Mears, 1916, Chapter 75

"The hunger of the people is due to the exorbitant taxation levied by their rulers.
That is why they starve.
The difficulty of governing the people arises from the policy of action adopted by their rulers.
That is why government is difficult.
The light esteem in which people hold death is due to the over-anxiety with which they struggle for life.
That is why they hold death so cheap.
It is only those who do not exert themselves on behalf of their life that know how to hold life in true honour;
or, who are superior to those who hold life in too high esteem."
- Translated by Frederic Henry Balfour, 1884, Chapter 75

"Die Ursachen politischerUnruhen
Das Volk leidet,
wenn die Herrschenden es aussaugen,
daher seine Not.

Das Volk grollt,
wenn es die Herrschenden nicht in Ruhe lassen,
daher seine Widerspenstigkeit.

Das Volk wird gleichgültig gegenüber dem Tod,
wenn sich die Herrschenden
als Herren des Lebens aufspielen, daher der Lebensüberdruß.

Doch der ist weiser, der nicht am Leben hängt,
als der, der am Leben haftet."
- Translated by Rudolf Backofen, 1949, Chapter 75

"Daß das Volk hungert,
kommt davon her,
daß seine Oberen zu viele Steuern fressen;
darum hungert es.

Daß das Volk schwer zu leiten ist,
kommt davon her, daß seine Oberen zu viel machen,
darum ist es schwer zu leiten.

Daß das Volk den Tod zu leicht nimmt,
kommt davon her,
daß seine Oberen des Lebens Fülle zu reichlich suchen;
darum nimmt es den Tod zu leicht.

Wer aber nicht um des Lebens willen handelt
der ist besser als der, dem das Leben teuer ist."
- Translated by Richard Wilhelm, 1911, Chapter 75

"A person starves because the food is taken right out of his mouth to pay excess taxes.
Thus they starve.
The common people do not have a proper government because those in power take advantage of their actions.
Thus the government is improper.

The people take death lightly because they merely seek to survive while others take the largess.
Thus death seems like an easier course.
It’s only without looking for a reason to be alive that you will see just how valuable and precious this life is.
- Translated by Nina Correa, 2005, Chapter 75

"People are starved of body,
When the government taxes to excess.
People are starved of spirit and become unruly,
When the government, by over-control, interferes with the natural rights of mankind.
Being so starved of both body and spirit,
Their leaders demanding so much of living life,
Little remains upon which to live.
People know better than to place too much value upon life."
- Translated by Alan B. Taplow, 1982, Chapter 75

"People starve
If taxes eat their grain,
And the faults of starving people
Are the fault of their rulers.
That is why people rebel.
Men who have to fight for their living
And are not afraid to die for it
Are higher men than those who, stationed high,
Are too fat to dare to die."
- Translated by Witter Bynner, 1944, Chapter 75

"The people suffer from famine on account of the heavy taxation put upon them.
This is the cause of their need.
The people are difficult to govern because of the overbearing of their superiors.
This is the cause of their trouble.
The people make light of dying because of the great hardships of trying to live.
This is the reason for their indifference to death.
Therefore to keep living in obscurity is better than making overmuch of it."
- Translated by Walter Gorn Old, 1904, Chapter 75

"If the people go hungry it is because their betters ruin them with taxes:
That is why they must grow hungry.
If the people are hard to govern it is because their betters meddle in their affairs:
That is the only reason why they are hard to govern.
If the people make light of death it is because they are so absorbed in the task of living:
That is why they make light of death.
And indeed they who set too little store by life are at any rate wiser than they who value it too dearly."
- Translated by Herman Ould, 1946, Chapter 75

"When people are hungry,
It is because their rulers eat too much tax-grain.
Therefore the unruliness of hungry people
Is due to the interference of their rulers.
That is why they are unruly.
The people are not afraid of death,
Because they are anxious to make a living.
That is why they are not afraid of death.
It is those who interfere not with their living
That are wise in exalting life."
- Translated by Lin Yutang, 1955, Chapter 75

"Le peuple a faim parce que le prince dévore une quantité d'impôts.
Voilà pourquoi il a faim.
Le peuple est difficile à gouverner parce que le prince aime à agir.
Voilà pourquoi il est difficile à gouverner.
Le peuple méprise la mort parce qu'il cherche avec trop d'ardeur les moyens de vivre.
Voilà pourquoi il méprise la mort.
Mais celui qui ne s'occupe pas de vivre est plus sage que celui qui estime la vie."
- Translated by Stanislas Julien, 1842, Chapter 75

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El pueblo estáhambriento
porque sus diregentes lo agobian a impuestos.
Esto es lo que lo mata hambre.

El pueblo es indócil
porque sus dirigentes son demasiado emprendedores.
Esto l vuelve indócil.

El pueblo deseña la muerte
porque su vida es demmasiado dura.
Lo cual hace que desdeñe la muerte.

Sólo el que no lleva una vida demasiado dura
puede apreciar la vida."
- Translated by Alba, 1998, Tao Te Ching, Capítulo 75

"El pueblo pasa hambre porque sus superiores consumen en exceso sobre lo que recaudan.
Por esta razón el pueblo pasa hambre.
El pueblo se rebela porque sus superiores interfieren demasiado
para así satisfacer sus intereses personales.
Por esta razón el pueblo se rebela.
El pueblo piensa poco en la muerte
porque sus superiores exigen demasiado de la vida.
Por esta razón el pueblo piensa poco en la muerte.
Quien hace mucho por la vida
la vive con mucha dificultad.
y por eso no la puede estimar."
- Translation from Wikisource, 2013, Capítulo 75

"El pueblo sufre hambruna porque el rey cobra impuestos en demasía.
Por eso hay hambruna.
El pueblo es difícil de gobernar porque el rey actúa en beneficio de sus propios intereses.
Por eso el pueblo es difícil de dirigir.
Al pueblo no le importa la muerte porque ama intensamente la vida.
Por es al pueblo no le importa la muerte.
Quien no hace nada para vivir es más sabio que aquél que aprecia la vida."
- Translation from Logia Medio Dia, 2015, Tao Te Ching, Capítulo 75

"El pueblo tiene hambre.
Como sus gobernantes le imponen un impuesto al grano demasiao alto,
entonces tiene hambre.

El pueblo es difícil de gobernar.
Como sus gobernantes gobiernan mediante la acción,
entonces es difícil de gobernar.

El pueblo toma la muerte a la ligera.
Como se la pasan persiguiendo a la vida,
entonces toman la muerte a la ligera.

El que no tiene tiene nada que perseguir en la vida,
es más sabio que aquél que valora la vida."
- Translated by Álex Ferrara, 2003, Capítulo 75

"El pueblo está hambriento.
Porque sus gobernantes lo agobian de impuestos, está hambriento.
El pueblo es rebelde.
Debido a la intromisión de sus gobernantes, es rebelde.
El pueblo no teme a la muerte.
Porque desea con ansia vivir, no teme a la muerte."
- Translated from Chinese into English by Ch'u Ta-Kao, Translated from English into Spanish by Caridad Diaz Faes, Capítulo 75

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11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
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Chapter 75

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

By Lao Tzu (Laozi)

Chapter 75

Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) by Lao Tzu

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

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.

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

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

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 75

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

Chapter 75

Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) by Lao Tzu

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

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.

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

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

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