{"id":234939,"date":"2023-05-15T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=234939"},"modified":"2023-05-07T05:14:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T04:14:59","slug":"tao-te-ching-on-peace-and-nonviolence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/05\/tao-te-ching-on-peace-and-nonviolence-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quoted from the <\/em>Tao Te Ching, a Chinese classic text written around 400 BC and traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, though the text\u2019s authorship and the dates of composition and compilation are debated.<\/em><\/p>\n

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THIRTY-ONE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good weapons are instruments of fear; all creatures hate them.
\nTherefore followers of Tao never use them.
\nThe wise man prefers the left.
\nThe man of war prefers the right.
\nHe uses them only when he has no choice.
\nPeace and quiet are dear to his heart,
\nAnd victory no cause for rejoicing.
\nIf you rejoice in victory, then you delight in killing;
\nIf you delight in killing, you cannot fulfill yourself.
\nOn happy occasions precedence is given to the left,
\nOn sad occasions to the right.
\nIn the army the general stands on the left,
\nThe commander-in-chief on the right.
\nThis means that war is conducted like a funeral.
\nWhen many people are being killed,
\nThey should be mourned in heartfelt sorrow.
\nThat is why a victory must be observed like a funeral.<\/p>\n

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Source:<\/em>\u00a0Tao Te Ching \u2013 Jane English.pdf \u00a0(spiritual-teaching.org)<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Download: Tao Te Ching \u2013 Lao Tzu PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Laozi (born 571 B.C.), also romanized as Lao Tzu and various other ways, was a semi-legendary ancient Chinese Taoist philosopher, credited with writing the Tao Te Ching. Laozi is a Chinese honorific, generally translated as \u201cthe Old Master\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Submitted by TRANSCEND Member Satoshi Ashikaga<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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