Lao Tzu's Wisdom of Life:The Mystery of the Tao Te Ching | How to Understand First Sentence | TAOISM
Channel: Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu - Chinese Timeless Scrolls
Date: 2024-01-16

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Since ancient times, there have been numerous interpretations of the first six characters of the opening sentence of the "Tao Te Ching" - "道可道非常道". Due to the absence of punctuation in ancient Chinese, people often interpreted and segmented the sentence based on their own understanding, leading to different readings. Currently, there are three widely accepted ways of reading these characters: "道，可道，非常道", "道可，道非，常道", and "道可道，非常道". What do these three readings mean? And how should these six characters be interpreted?

✅Chapters:
00:00 Overview
00:38 Pros and cons of language and writing
01:28 Three readings of '道可道非常道'
03:44 To whom is the phrase ‘道可道非常道’ addressed?
05:28 天人之学
06:42 Chapter 41 - the celestial signs observed by Lao Tzu
09:58 Heart-to-heart exchange of thoughts
11:01 Chapter 70 - worth keeping in mind
13:21 End