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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
Well, I wouldn't call it a foundation of Daoist thought.
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With all due respect, I would and do.
The basis of Taoist writings, the 'Tao Te Ching' (Taoism's most fundamental teaching) states it as
its second chapter. As one translations says;
" Judging beauty creates ugliness.
Defining good creates evil.
All and void arise together.
Hard and soft,
long and short,
high and low,
sound and silence,
now and then.
Opposites exist because of each other."
This is repeated once again in Chapter Five;
"The realm of heaven and earth is indifferent to the myriad creatures.
They appear as straw dogs.
The sage is indifferent to the multitudes of men.
They appear as straw dogs.
The realm of heaven and earth is like a bellows,
both empty and full.
Moving, it brings forth, endlessly."
Again, in Chapter Twenty;
"Between yes and no, is there really much difference?
Good and bad, are they so far apart?
Must I think as others think?
Alas, there would be no end to fear.
Sorry, but I must disagree with you. We do need balance. We do need to accept both parts of the 'issue.' We need to see them not as
opposites but as
compliments to each other. Classic literature and pulp fiction.
This is at the heart of Chuang Tsu's writings, Kwang Dze's writings, early Confucian writing, as well as Lao Tsu's two classics, 'Treatise on Response and Retrobution' and the 'Tao Te Ching.' It's the second fundamental concept of the Tao.
Stitchawl