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Lao Tzu

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Rather than fill it to the brim by keeping it upright
Better to have stopped in time
Hammer it to a point
And the sharpness cannot be preserved forever

There may be gold and jade to fill a hall
But there is none who can keep them
To be overbearing when one has wealth and position
Is to bring calamity upon oneself
To retire when the task is accomplished

Is the way of heaven

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- Translated into “The Way and Its Power"

- Concerns: understanding the universe and using the understanding for self-preservation (how to survive)

- Some passages addressed to a ruler, some are for anyone who shares his concerns.

- Writing style is cryptic and there are many interpretations of one poem

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- concerned with humanity's relationship with nature

- teaches followers to withdraw from society and live a simple life

- says humans are on the same level as the rest of nature

- Tao Te Ching is one of two basic texts

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- founder of Taoism
- lived in sixth century BC
- supposed author of the Tao Te Ching