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A wealthy man was having an affair with an Italian woman for a few years. One night, during one of their rendezvous, she confided in him that she was pregnant. Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he paid her a large sum of money if she would go to Italy to have …
Where Are You?
One early Sunday morning I got up and tried to move my car Because I came home late the night before After visiting my grandson Who had just been released from the hospital After being hit by a car. Usually, I would have moved the car So my older son could go exercise But on …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 40
反者道之動；弱者道之用。 天下萬物生於有，有生於無。 Reversion is the action of Tao. Gentleness is the function of Tao. The things of this world come from Being, And Being (comes) from Non-being. (Translation by Yu Tang Lin) The image is from http://kennethtucker.com/?next=b8. Tao itself is formless, shapeless, and voiceless. The movement of the Tao repeats continuously, and it is …
Giving Is Better Than Receiving
The above photo is from https://unsplash.com/photos/odkyr3ipgjQ. In Crown Heights, Germany, a Jewish man named Yankel owned a bakery. He asked everyone he met: Do you know why I’m still alive today? He went on to say: I was a child in Germany, and the Nazis were mercilessly arresting and killing Jews. In winter, we were …
When Confucius met Lao Tzu
UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization )has previously done a statistical analysis of cultural masterpieces, discovering that the works that most entered foreign language publishing circulation were “the Bible,” followed by Lao Tzu’s “Tao Te Ching.” The reason why there is such a shocking amount of translation, printing, and reading of Lao …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 54
善建不拔，善抱者不脫，子孫以祭祀不輟。 修之於身，其德乃真；修之於家，其德乃餘；修之於鄉，其德乃長； 修之於國，其德乃豐；修之於天下，其德乃普。 故以身觀身，以家觀家，以鄉觀鄉，以國觀國，以天下觀天下。 吾何以知天下然哉？以此。 What is firmly established cannot be uprooted. What is firmly grasped cannot slip away. It will be honored from generation to generation. (The world’s physical things, built on the outside, will be unplugged, for since you can hold it in your hand, it will certainly be taken off.) However, Tao …
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The annual Chinese New Year Gala hosted by China Central Television (CCTV), shown on the eve of Chinese Lunar New Year has become a ritual of Chinese people including overseas Chinese when celebrate the festival since 1983, when it was first televised live at home and abroad. The gala usually starts at 8 p.m. on …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 14
視之不見，名曰夷；聽之不聞，名曰希；搏之不得，名曰微。此三者不可致詰，故混而為一。 其上不皦，其下不昧。繩繩不可名，復歸於無物。是謂無狀之狀，無物之象，是謂惚恍。 迎之不見其首，隨之不見其後。執古之道，以御今之有。能知古始，是謂道紀。 Look, it cannot be seen – it is beyond form. Listen, it cannot be heard – it is beyond sound. Grasp, it cannot be held – it is intangible. These three are indefinable; Therefore they are joined in one. From above it is not bright; From below it is not dark: …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 73
勇於敢則殺，勇於不敢則活。 此兩者，或利或害。 天之所惡，孰知其故？是以聖人猶難之。 天之道，不爭而善勝，不言而善應，不召而自來，繟然而善謀。 天網恢恢，踈而不失。 The bold in daring will be killed The bold in not daring will survive Of these two, one may benefit, the other may harm The one hated by heaven – who knows the reason? Even the sages still find this difficult The Tao of heaven: Does not contend and yet …
Rebirth for a Fraud Victim: The Final Chapter of the Scam (9)
The image is from https://www.stockvault.net/c/objects/money How did I realize this was a scam? The fraudster even persuaded me to keep investing, telling me that the more I invested, the more I would earn. He said that borrowing money for investment would ultimately be worthwhile. I don’t like borrowing money from my relatives. However, as the …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 53
使我介然有知，行於大道，唯施是畏。 大道甚夷，而民好徑。 朝甚除，田甚蕪，倉甚虛；服文綵，帶利劍，厭飲食，財貨有餘；是謂盜夸。 非道也哉！ If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked. When the court is arrayed in splendor, The fields are full of weeds, …
