Tao Te Ching

“I have never tired of the Book of Changes and have used it as a source of moral principles; the only thing you must not do is to make this book appear simple for there are meanings here that lie beyond words.”

— Kāngxī 康熙帝 1654 – 1722 CE via Jonathan D. Spence, Shan Dao
from Emperor of China, Self-Portrait of K'ang-hsi