Heshang Gong Chapter 9 – 運夷 (Leveling)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 9 warns against excess: holding fullness leads to collapse, over-refining leads to abandonment, and wealth with arrogance invites calamity. The sage achieves success, attains...
Heshang Gong Chapter 9 – 運夷 (Leveling)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 9 warns against excess: holding fullness leads to collapse, over-refining leads to abandonment, and wealth with arrogance invites calamity. The sage achieves success, attains...
Heshang Gong Chapter 8 – 易性 (Changing Nature)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 8 uses water as the supreme metaphor for virtue: water benefits all things without contention, dwells where others dislike, and adapts to any form....
Heshang Gong Chapter 8 – 易性 (Changing Nature)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 8 uses water as the supreme metaphor for virtue: water benefits all things without contention, dwells where others dislike, and adapts to any form....
Heshang Gong Chapter 7 – 韜光 (Sheathing the Light)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 7 explains why Heaven and Earth are eternal: they remain tranquil and give without seeking reward. The sage follows the same principle — placing...
Heshang Gong Chapter 7 – 韜光 (Sheathing the Light)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 7 explains why Heaven and Earth are eternal: they remain tranquil and give without seeking reward. The sage follows the same principle — placing...
Heshang Gong Chapter 6 – 成象 (Forming Images)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 6 explains how the grain deity and the mysterious female represent the nose and mouth through which heaven's five qi and earth's five flavors...
Heshang Gong Chapter 6 – 成象 (Forming Images)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 6 explains how the grain deity and the mysterious female represent the nose and mouth through which heaven's five qi and earth's five flavors...
Heshang Gong Chapter 5 – 虛用 (Empty Use)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 5 explains how Heaven and Earth act without benevolence, following nature alone. Like a bellows, emptiness is inexhaustible. The sage nurtures spirit and qi...
Heshang Gong Chapter 5 – 虛用 (Empty Use)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 5 explains how Heaven and Earth act without benevolence, following nature alone. Like a bellows, emptiness is inexhaustible. The sage nurtures spirit and qi...
Heshang Gong Chapter 4 – 無源 (Without Source)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 4 reveals the Dao as sourceless and inexhaustible — the profound ancestor of all things that existed before Heaven and Earth, urging people to...
Heshang Gong Chapter 4 – 無源 (Without Source)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 4 reveals the Dao as sourceless and inexhaustible — the profound ancestor of all things that existed before Heaven and Earth, urging people to...
