Monday 25 March 2024

Daodejing - Chapter Forty Seven

道德經  - 第四十七章

不出戶知天下;不闚牖見天道。

其出彌遠,其知彌少。

是以聖人不行而知,不見而名,不為而成。

Daodejing - Chapter Forty Seven

Without opening your door, you can open your heart to the world. 

Without looking out your window, you can see the essence of the Dao.

The more you know, the less you understand. 

The master arrives without leaving, sees the light without looking, achieves without doing a thing.

References

  1. The English translation is based on the translation by poet, translator, scholar and anthologist, Stephen Mitchell, with some changes.  
  2. The Chinese text is based on the Daodejing (James Legge version) in the ctext.org website : https://ctext.org/dao-de-jing.

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