Heshang Gong Chapter 77 – 天道 (Way of Heaven)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 77 contrasts the Way of Heaven — which reduces excess and lifts the humble — with the human way that takes from the poor...
Heshang Gong Chapter 77 – 天道 (Way of Heaven)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 77 contrasts the Way of Heaven — which reduces excess and lifts the humble — with the human way that takes from the poor...
Heshang Gong Chapter 76 – 戒強 (Warning Against S...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 76 teaches that life belongs to the soft and yielding, while rigidity leads to death — a principle that applies equally to the human...
Heshang Gong Chapter 76 – 戒強 (Warning Against S...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 76 teaches that life belongs to the soft and yielding, while rigidity leads to death — a principle that applies equally to the human...
Heshang Gong Chapter 61 – 謙德 (Humble Virtue)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 61 explores Humble Virtue (謙德) — how a great state, like a low-lying stream, wins allegiance through humility and stillness, just as yin overcomes...
Heshang Gong Chapter 61 – 謙德 (Humble Virtue)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 61 explores Humble Virtue (謙德) — how a great state, like a low-lying stream, wins allegiance through humility and stillness, just as yin overcomes...
Heshang Gong Chapter 60 – 居位 (Holding Position)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 60 explores Holding Position (居位) — how ruling a great state is like cooking small fish, and how governing through the Dao keeps ghosts...
Heshang Gong Chapter 60 – 居位 (Holding Position)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 60 explores Holding Position (居位) — how ruling a great state is like cooking small fish, and how governing through the Dao keeps ghosts...
Heshang Gong Chapter 59 – 守道 (Observing the Dao)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 59 explores Observing the Dao (守道) — how frugality in governance and self-cultivation allows one to accumulate virtue, attain the Way of Heaven, and...
Heshang Gong Chapter 59 – 守道 (Observing the Dao)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 59 explores Observing the Dao (守道) — how frugality in governance and self-cultivation allows one to accumulate virtue, attain the Way of Heaven, and...
Heshang Gong Chapter 58 – 順化 (Following Transfo...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 58 explores Following Transformation (順化) — how lenient governance nurtures sincere people, how fortune and misfortune are intertwined, and how the sage leads through...
Heshang Gong Chapter 58 – 順化 (Following Transfo...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 58 explores Following Transformation (順化) — how lenient governance nurtures sincere people, how fortune and misfortune are intertwined, and how the sage leads through...
