Today's Tao
The weak beats the strong. (Ch.78)
What is true strength?
If you are truly strong, what do you look like?
If you are genuinely strong, you look like a fool.
True strength is the capacity to accept all.
Fighting like a man against injustice is a useless resistance.
Resistance is a form of being lost in Mayoi.
It is a refusal to accept all.
A man who looks like a fool can accept all.
A famous Chinese painter and calligrapher, Tei Hankyou / Zheng Banqiao 鄭板橋 (1693-1765) liked to draw the phrase:
"It is difficult to be a fool 難得糊塗".
But if you follow Tao, nothing is difficult because you are happy to be as weak as a fool without resistance.
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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 78
Lao Tzu answers your question!
☞«Tao Te Ching» Key word comparison (23) / -A famous proverb "Soften the light. Be like dust. 和光同塵" - Let's see how they translate 挫其鋭 解其紛 和其光 同其塵 in Chapter 4. The identical sentences are repeated in Chapter 56. In Tao by Matsumoto, these are discussed in Chapter 56 / How to be One with Tao. / "It blunts rough edges, untangles the knots, diffuses the glare, at one with the dust of the world." On the left, «Tao Te Ching: A New Translation» translated by Sam Hamill
. / "It blunts sharp edges, Unties all tangles; It sofens the glare And blends with the dust." On the right, «Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching» translated by Keith Seddon
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: Warren Buffett's Words of Wisdom: Quotations and Interpretations to Help Guide You to Billionaire Wealth and Enlightened Business Management» written by Mary Bufett and David Clark. / "When emptiness is all there is, silence becomes deafening." On the right, «
: Sound Psychology» written by John M. Ortiz. / Wherever you go, you will find Tao.
» translated by Derek Bryce and Leon Wieger. / "The person of superior integrity does not insist upon his integrity;" On the right, «
». A new translation by Victor H. Mair based on the recently discovered Ma-Wang-Tui manuscripts.
is Ryunosuke Akutagawa's «
/ Yabu no Naka». Akutagawa also wrote a short story called «
». A kappa is a legendary bipedal semiaquatic creature. It is believed to be as intelligent as human beings, probably more. It has a dish-like body part situated on the top of the head, where it can keep water. As long as the part is wet, it can prolong the time outside the river. Kappa 河童 literally means a river kid. It is thought to adore cucumbers. That's why a sushi roll with a piece of cucumber is called "Kappa-maki".
». ☞Children, especially girls, are much more intelligent than we think they are. Yasunari Kawabata, the author of «
» and «
» among others, wrote many short stories, many of which are about girls. Some intelligent girls on the street act beautifully. Other girls behave unintelligently, but the Nobel-prize-winning novelist finds beauty there. «
» is a wonderful collection of his short stories.
» is closer to the comportment of the Japanese youngsters than ever. At least, Dazai had a relatively strong capability in carnal conquest, and fathered two well-know daughters / writers from two different women. These days Japanese boys are no longer libidinous. Well, not zero, yet, but not as much as the excellent novelist. Check what is written on the T-shirt from Japan and think what it really means.
