Heshang Gong Chapter 45 – 洪德 (Vast Virtue)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 45 reveals the paradox at the heart of vast virtue: true greatness appears incomplete, true fullness appears empty, and true eloquence appears silent. Clarity...
Heshang Gong Chapter 45 – 洪德 (Vast Virtue)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 45 reveals the paradox at the heart of vast virtue: true greatness appears incomplete, true fullness appears empty, and true eloquence appears silent. Clarity...
Heshang Gong Chapter 44 – 立戒 (Establishing Prec...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 44 teaches that fame, wealth, and excessive desire all lead to loss. Knowing contentment and knowing when to stop are the foundations of a...
Heshang Gong Chapter 44 – 立戒 (Establishing Prec...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 44 teaches that fame, wealth, and excessive desire all lead to loss. Knowing contentment and knowing when to stop are the foundations of a...
Heshang Gong Chapter 43 – 徧用 (Universal Applica...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 43 explores how the most yielding force — water — overcomes the hardest substances, and how the Dao's non-action (wuwei) benefits both self-cultivation and...
Heshang Gong Chapter 43 – 徧用 (Universal Applica...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 43 explores how the most yielding force — water — overcomes the hardest substances, and how the Dao's non-action (wuwei) benefits both self-cultivation and...
Heshang Gong Chapter 42 – 道化 (Transformation by...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 42 explains how the Dao generates One, Two, and Three, giving rise to all things through Yin, Yang, and the three qi of harmony,...
Heshang Gong Chapter 42 – 道化 (Transformation by...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 42 explains how the Dao generates One, Two, and Three, giving rise to all things through Yin, Yang, and the three qi of harmony,...
Heshang Gong Chapter 41 – 同異 (Similarity and Di...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 41 explores how superior, intermediate, and inferior persons respond to the Dao, and why true virtue, clarity, and greatness always appear in humble, hidden...
Heshang Gong Chapter 41 – 同異 (Similarity and Di...
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 41 explores how superior, intermediate, and inferior persons respond to the Dao, and why true virtue, clarity, and greatness always appear in humble, hidden...
Heshang Gong Chapter 40 – 去用 (Abandoning Use)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 40 reveals the Dao's two principles — return to the root is its movement, softness is its function — and that all things under...
Heshang Gong Chapter 40 – 去用 (Abandoning Use)
Heshang Gong's commentary on Laozi Chapter 40 reveals the Dao's two principles — return to the root is its movement, softness is its function — and that all things under...
