Dharma & Dao

Tao Te Ching · Chapter 33 of 81

Chapter 33

modern paraphrase of James Legge's 1891 translation

Modern paraphrase. This is an AI-generated retelling in contemporary English (model: claude-opus-4-7). It is not the James Legge translation. The original is one click away.

  1. To know others is to be perceptive; to know yourself is to be wise. To overcome others takes strength; to overcome yourself takes true power. To be content with what you have is wealth; to keep acting with energy is to have a strong will.

  2. Those who don’t lose their place endure; those who die yet do not perish have true longevity.

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