Chapter 48: When Nothing Is Done, Nothing Is Left Undone

Published: Oct. 31, 2021, 10:55 p.m.

Chapter 48

In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. 
In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.

Less and less is done 
Until non-action is achieved. 
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

The world is ruled by letting things take their course. 
It cannot be ruled by interfering.

Chapter 48 of Tao Te Ching, as translated by Gia-Fu Feng (馮家福 Feng Jia-fu, 1919–1985) and Jane English (1942–), Vintage Books, 1989

 

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