The Tao: The Way That Cannot Be Named
Core idea: Chinese thought describes an order so deep that words can only point at it, and a life goes best when it moves with it.
The Lesson
In ancient China, the word Tao (also spelled Dao) meant a road or a path. Over time, thinkers used it for something much bigger: the way the whole world moves, the deep pattern under seasons, rivers, growth and change.
The best-known book on the Tao is the Tao Te Ching, traditionally credited to a sage named Laozi. Historians aren't sure Laozi was one real person, and the book as we have it took shape around the 4th to 3rd century BCE. It's short, about 5,000 Chinese characters in 81 brief chapters, and it's one of the most translated books in the world.
The Universal Order
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