Poem IX by Victoria Thomas https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish Honors Freshmen English en-us 2017-02-04 14:49:11 UTC 2025-10-05 12:11:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Lao Tzu victoria_thomas3 https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151607899 - founder of Taoism
- lived in sixth century BC
- supposed author of the Tao Te Ching]]> 2017-02-04 14:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151607899 Taoism victoria_thomas3 https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151608082 - 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]]> 2017-02-04 14:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151608082 Tao Te Ching victoria_thomas3 https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151608337 - 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]]> 2017-02-04 14:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151608337 Poem IX victoria_thomas3 https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151608539 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

]]> 2017-02-04 15:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151608539 victoria_thomas3 https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151608802 Lao Tzu]]> 2017-02-04 15:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151608802 victoria_thomas3 https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151609044 2017-02-04 15:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/151609044 Aphorisms victoria_thomas3 https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/152030109 2017-02-07 04:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_thomas3/poemixhonorsenglish/wish/152030109