rigidity

June 29, 2013

Daodejing 36

#36* To shrink it, expand it. To weaken it, strengthen it. To demote it, promote it. To take it, give it. Call this subtle brilliance: Bending and weakness overcomes rigidity and strength. *Translation by LU Wenlong & Keith Wayne Brown,… Continue reading
June 5, 2013

Authority and Laxity

Continuing the translations of the incomplete manuscripts of the middle-years of Li-Dan‘s long life… ———————- In the morning of the last day he walked beneath the Yingke Pines, the Lord Māotóuyīng, Baronet of Wēishìjì, turned with purpose, yea even concern, to… Continue reading