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I stop.

There’s only one standard translation, it is called the "received copy’; most translations are merely ‘interpretations’ of this same old standard translation.

Well you wouldn’t, it’s the girls night out.

There’s no 有 and 無 in it, the oldest version has 又 and 亡 (Guodian, Terebess, Henricks 2000: 又 亡 之 相 生 也 )

If it needs a commentary, it’s a mistranslation.

surely it's here https://terebess.hu/english/tao/amb.pdf

Hi. Welcome to the forum.

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That’s what you believe.

Hi Christopher. Welcome to the forum. Good to hear you “love everything about energy”

Welcome to the forum.

The standard translation of the DDJ is a forgery!

This may be ‘folie à deux’.

Definitely. A mature person knows it’s unknowable and takes responsibility - chooses what to belief in.

Daoism is dual (yin and yang), therefore all ‘the Dao bums’ are dual.

‘The ultimate unpopular opinions’ thread has gone very bland; look, the OP is not pleased

Hi. The title sounds fine to me. Welcome to the forum.

Hi. Welcome to the forum.

Same here.

As the saying goes: don’t tell me how much you’ve practiced spiritually; show me how much you love other people.

I’m not interested in a future with AI.

It came as a shock to me to get to know my Chinese teacher who came from Beijing as an adult. She said things like, ‘why do Dutch people say, “I’m happy for you?”, looking flabbergasted. She just did not understand the concept of it.

Yes I agree that the Western mainstream notion of human rights is indeed a byproduct of Christianity. E.g. read up on the history of China; imo absolutely appalling the treatment of women and children. I posted about it before, so will leave it at this.

You are the only one in control of your soul. All the rest is your own imagination. Be well.

that reminded me of your DDJ ch. 1 此兩者同出而異名 These two come from one origin but differ in name,