Heshang Gong Chapter 22 – 益謙 (Adding to Humility)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 22 explains how yielding, humility, and non-contention lead to wholeness and virtue. The sage holds to unity as a model for the world, does...
Heshang Gong Chapter 22 – 益謙 (Adding to Humility)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 22 explains how yielding, humility, and non-contention lead to wholeness and virtue. The sage holds to unity as a model for the world, does...
Heshang Gong Chapter 20 – 異俗 (Different from th...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 20 contrasts the sage with the worldly crowd: while others are bright, sharp, and full of surplus, the sage alone appears dull, abandoned, and...
Heshang Gong Chapter 20 – 異俗 (Different from th...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 20 contrasts the sage with the worldly crowd: while others are bright, sharp, and full of surplus, the sage alone appears dull, abandoned, and...
Heshang Gong Chapter 19 – 還淳 (Returning to Simp...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 19 calls for abandoning sagehood, wisdom, benevolence, righteousness, skill, and profit — returning to non-action and simplicity. When rulers are just and selfless, the...
Heshang Gong Chapter 19 – 還淳 (Returning to Simp...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 19 calls for abandoning sagehood, wisdom, benevolence, righteousness, skill, and profit — returning to non-action and simplicity. When rulers are just and selfless, the...
Heshang Gong Chapter 18 – 俗薄 (Decadent Customs)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 18 argues that benevolence, righteousness, filial piety, and loyal ministers only appear when the Great Dao has already been abandoned. In the era of...
Heshang Gong Chapter 18 – 俗薄 (Decadent Customs)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 18 argues that benevolence, righteousness, filial piety, and loyal ministers only appear when the Great Dao has already been abandoned. In the era of...
Heshang Gong Chapter 17 – 淳風 (Simple Customs)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 17 describes four levels of rulership: the highest ruler governs so invisibly that people only know he exists; lower rulers are loved, feared, or...
Heshang Gong Chapter 17 – 淳風 (Simple Customs)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 17 describes four levels of rulership: the highest ruler governs so invisibly that people only know he exists; lower rulers are loved, feared, or...
Heshang Gong Chapter 16 – 歸根 (Returning to the ...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 16 teaches that all things return to their root in stillness. By attaining utmost emptiness and upholding quietude, one returns to one's destiny and...
Heshang Gong Chapter 16 – 歸根 (Returning to the ...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 16 teaches that all things return to their root in stillness. By attaining utmost emptiness and upholding quietude, one returns to one's destiny and...
