Tao Te Ching

Chapter 78.

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  1. Chapter 1.
  2. Chapter 2.
  3. Chapter 3.
  4. Chapter 4.
  5. Chapter 5.
  6. Chapter 6.
  7. Chapter 7.
  8. Chapter 8.
  9. Chapter 9.
  10. Chapter 10.
  11. Chapter 11.
  12. Chapter 12.
  13. Chapter 13.
  14. Chapter 14.
  15. Chapter 15.
  16. Chapter 16.
  17. Chapter 17.
  18. Chapter 18.
  19. Chapter 19.
  20. Chapter 20.
  21. Chapter 21.
  22. Chapter 22.
  23. Chapter 23.
  24. Chapter 24.
  25. Chapter 25.
  26. Chapter 26.
  27. Chapter 27.
  28. Chapter 28.
  29. Chapter 29.
  30. Chapter 30.
  31. Chapter 31.
  32. Chapter 32.
  33. Chapter 33.
  34. Chapter 34.
  35. Chapter 35.
  36. Chapter 36.
  37. Chapter 37.
  38. Chapter 38.
  39. Chapter 39.
  40. Chapter 40.
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  50. Chapter 50.
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  53. Chapter 53.
  54. Chapter 54.
  55. Chapter 55.
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  59. Chapter 59.
  60. Chapter 60.
  61. Chapter 61.
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  67. Chapter 67.
  68. Chapter 68.
  69. Chapter 69.
  70. Chapter 70.
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  72. Chapter 72.
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  74. Chapter 74.
  75. Chapter 75.
  76. Chapter 76.
  77. Chapter 77.
  78. Chapter 78.
  79. Chapter 79.
  80. Chapter 80.
  81. Chapter 81.

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Tao Te Ching

Chapter 78.

Chapter 78 of 811 min

1. There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it;--for there is nothing (so effectual) for which it can be changed.

2. Every one in the world knows that the soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong, but no one is able to carry it out in practice.

3.

Therefore a sage has said,
'He who accepts his state's reproach,
Is hailed therefore its altars' lord;
To him who bears men's direful woes
They all the name of King accord.'

4. Words that are strictly true seem to be paradoxical.

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