Tao Te Ching
Proper noun
Meaning
the Tao Te Ching
(philosophy, Taoism) A Chinese classic text fundamental to both philosophical and religious Taoism.
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Examples
Best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching.
Feng and English) The Tao Te Ching praises self-gained knowledge with emphasis on that knowledge being gained with humility.
Four Klingon translations of works of world literature have been published: ghIlghameS ( the Epic of Gilgamesh ), Hamlet ( Hamlet ), paghmo’ tIn mIS ( Much Ado About Nothing ) and pIn’a’ qan paQDI’norgh ( Tao Te Ching ).
Furthermore, many of the words that the Tao Te Ching uses are deliberately vague and ambiguous.
Generations of scholars have debated the historicity of Laozi and the dating of the Tao Te Ching.
Lao Tzu provided the archetype for this in the Tao Te Ching when he wrote, "The soft and the pliable will defeat the hard and strong."