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"Measure the fullness of one's virtue against an infants: Neither scorpion nor snake will attack it. Nor does the tiger maul it. Nor do the birds of prey clutch it. Its bones and sinews soft, Yet its grip is firm. It does not know the union of male and female, Yet its reproductive organ is fully formed: Its essence is whole. It can cry all day without getting hoarse; This is total harmony. To know harmony is constancy. To know constancy is enlightening. That which is beneficial to life is auspicious. To direct ch'i by heart is steadfastness. Things mature and then decay. This is contra-Tao. That which runs counter to the Tao is soon finished."

Author

Lao Tzu

All Translations

English

"Measure the fullness of one's virtue against an infants: Neither scorpion nor snake will attack it. Nor does the tiger maul it. Nor do the birds of prey clutch it. Its bones and sinews soft, Yet its grip is firm. It does not know the union of male and female, Yet its reproductive organ is fully formed: Its essence is whole. It can cry all day without getting hoarse; This is total harmony. To know harmony is constancy. To know constancy is enlightening. That which is beneficial to life is auspicious. To direct ch'i by heart is steadfastness. Things mature and then decay. This is contra-Tao. That which runs counter to the Tao is soon finished."

Hungarian

"Aki birtokolja az Erény teljességét, annak élete újszülött gyermeki lét. Nem ismeri meg kígyó, rovar mérgét, ragadozó nem támadja, s nem tépi szét. Csontjai, izmai finomak és lágyak, mégis szilárd a tartása, amint jelleme, Elméjét nem kötik le a nemek közti vágyak, mégis teremteni képes a szelleme. Ez az életerő legmagasabb foka. Kiáltozhat folyton, nem fárad el soha… Ez a harmónia legmagasabb foka. A harmónia ismerete, az örök létezés, az örökkévalóság tudása, a végső felismerés.* Csordultig betelni az élettel, baljós előjel… Ha a szív hajszolja az életerőt, Merevségek akadályozzák a létezőt. Az erő teljében járón az öregedés a jel, ha élete során a taora nem figyel. Aki nem a tao szerint vezetni az életet: az korai halállal beteljesíti a végzetet."

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