Tao Te Ching · Chapter 35 of 81

Chapter 35

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 the one who holds the Great Image (of the invisible Tao), the whole world comes. They come to him and suffer no harm, but find rest, peace, and ease.

  2. Music and fine food will make a passing traveler stop for a while. But the Tao, when spoken, seems bland and flavorless. It seems not worth looking at or listening to, yet its use is inexhaustible.