Tao Te Ching
Art of Worldly Wisdom
Of the traditional Art of Worldly Wisdom translations, Joseph Jacobs still seems to rank highest. The Fisher and Maurer versions add some good symbolism and help update to a more modern language and idiom; but, in many instances seem to miss the heart-meaning that Jacobs more often captures. This version translates but also paraphrases and interprets hopefully making these snapshots of practical strategy more accessible to the more modern mind and culture.
1. Geometrically expanding complexity
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2. Balancing mind and spirit
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3. The value of restraint and inscrutability
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4. Wisdom and Skillful Means
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5. Always stay needed, indispensable if possible
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6. Completeness
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7. Less praise, less competition
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8. The Highest Realization
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9. Least expected, most esteemed
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10. Fame and Fortune
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11. Turn friends into teachers
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12. Never finish
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13. Seeing through deception
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14. Surface and Substance
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15. Learn from the Wise
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16. Skillful Means and Wisdom
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17. Competition
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18. Ability and Attitude
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19. Under Promise, Over Deliver
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20. Only wisdom discovers immortality
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21. Luck and Wisdom
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22. Knowledge, conversation, and wit
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23. Impeccable Integrity
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24. Tame and use imagination wisely
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25. Freeing our impressions from deception
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26. Influence and control
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27. Depth versus Breadth
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28. Cut the chains of Popular Approval and Empty Praise
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29. Integrity
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30. Right Livelihood
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31. Bad Luck
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32. Doing Good
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33. Discipline
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34. Prioritize your Best
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35. Prioritizing and Planning Ahead
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36. Guiding Luck
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37. Skillful Subtlety
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38. Strategic Withdrawl
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39. Harvest
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40. Goodwill
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41. Exaggeration
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42. Leadership
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43. Inscrutable
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44. Kinships of Mind and Heart
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45. Caution
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46. Projection
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47. Less Commitment, More Success
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48. Personal Depth
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49. Discriminating Awareness
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50. Defend Your Self-Respect
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51. Making Good Decisions
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52. Don't Say It
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53. Make Haste Slowly
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54. Courage
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55. Skillful Waiting
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56. Spontaneous Insight
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57. Quickly done, quickly undone
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58. Less But More
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59. Temporary Success
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60. Reason
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61. Mediocrity
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62. Tools
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63. Innovators
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64. Idiot Compassion
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65. Taste
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66. The End Justifies the Means
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67. Prestigious Professions
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68. No risks, no gains
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69. Self-Knowledge
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70. How to say "no"
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71. Consistent Dependability
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72. Determination
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73. Skillful Evasion
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74. Stay Approachable
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127. Wounded Fingers
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