Dao De Jing

道德經

Dao De Jing

A New Translation Through Pictographic Roots

Translated by Ali Soleymaniha

道第一章Chapter 1The Gateway to Mystery天第二章Chapter 2The Dance of Opposites不第三章Chapter 3Governance Through Equilibrium道第四章Chapter 4The Unfathomable Source天第五章Chapter 5The Bellows and the Center谷第六章Chapter 6The Mysterious Feminine天第七章Chapter 7The Paradox of Endurance上第八章Chapter 8The Highest Good Is Like Water持第九章Chapter 9Knowing When to Stop載第十章Chapter 10The Profound Virtue三第十一章Chapter 11The Usefulness of the Hollow五第十二章Chapter 12The Interior and the Eye寵第十三章Chapter 13Favor, Disgrace, and the Body視第十四章Chapter 14The Thread of the Dao古第十五章Chapter 15The Ancient Masters致第十六章Chapter 16Returning to the Root太第十七章Chapter 17The Invisible Ruler大第十八章Chapter 18When the Great Dao Is Abandoned絕第十九章Chapter 19Plainness and the Uncarved Block唯第二十章Chapter 20Nourished by the Mother孔第二十一章Chapter 21The Testimony Within the Shadowy曲第二十二章Chapter 22Yield and Become Whole希第二十三章Chapter 23Rare Words, Natural Speech企第二十四章Chapter 24Tiptoes and Leftovers有第二十五章Chapter 25The Mother of All Under Heaven重第二十六章Chapter 26The Heavy Root of the Light善第二十七章Chapter 27The Hidden Illumination知第二十八章Chapter 28Knowing the Male, Keeping the Female將第二十九章Chapter 29The Sacred Vessel以第三十章Chapter 30Thorns Where the Army Camped夫第三十一章Chapter 31Victory Mourned道第三十二章Chapter 32Rivers to the Sea知第三十三章Chapter 33The Conquest of the Self大第三十四章Chapter 34The Flooding Dao執第三十五章Chapter 35The Flavorless Feast將第三十六章Chapter 36The Subtle Illumination道第三十七章Chapter 37The World Settles of Itself上第三十八章Chapter 38The Descent of Virtue昔第三十九章Chapter 39The One That Holds All Things反第四十章Chapter 40Return and the Wings上第四十一章Chapter 41The Laughter of the Lowest Student道第四十二章Chapter 42One, Two, Three, Ten Thousand天第四十三章Chapter 43The Softest Rides the Hardest名第四十四章Chapter 44Glory or the Body大第四十五章Chapter 45Great Completion Seems Lacking天第四十六章Chapter 46War Horses and Manure Carts不第四十七章Chapter 47Knowing Without Going為第四十八章Chapter 48Diminishing Daily聖第四十九章Chapter 49The Sage's Borrowed Heart出第五十章Chapter 50No Ground for Death道第五十一章Chapter 51Born of the Dao, Reared by Virtue天第五十二章Chapter 52Return to the Mother使第五十三章Chapter 53The Great Road and the Bypaths善第五十四章Chapter 54Well Planted, Never Uprooted含第五十五章Chapter 55Thick Virtue, Newborn Child知第五十六章Chapter 56The Mysterious Sameness以第五十七章Chapter 57Governing Without Meddling其第五十八章Chapter 58Fortune Leaning on Misfortune治第五十九章Chapter 59Thrift, Deep Roots, Long Sight治第六十章Chapter 60Cooking the Small Fish大第六十一章Chapter 61The Great State Lies Low道第六十二章Chapter 62The Sanctum of All Things為第六十三章Chapter 63The Great Begun Small其第六十四章Chapter 64The Journey of a Thousand Li古第六十五章Chapter 65The Simple-Hearted State江第六十六章Chapter 66King of the Hundred Valleys天第六十七章Chapter 67The Three Treasures善第六十八章Chapter 68The Virtue of Non-Contention用第六十九章Chapter 69The Grieving Side Wins吾第七十章Chapter 70Coarse Cloth, Hidden Jade知第七十一章Chapter 71The Disease of Knowing民第七十二章Chapter 72When the People No Longer Fear勇第七十三章Chapter 73Heaven's Net民第七十四章Chapter 74The Master Carpenter's Axe民第七十五章Chapter 75Why the People Starve人第七十六章Chapter 76Supple in Life, Rigid in Death天第七十七章Chapter 77Drawing Heaven's Bow天第七十八章Chapter 78Nothing Softer Than Water和第七十九章Chapter 79Holding the Left Tally小第八十章Chapter 80The Small Country信第八十一章Chapter 81The More Given, The More Held