Thursday, April 24, 2025

Dao de jing 11


"Thirty spokes surround a hub: In their nothingness, the chariot's work exists. Clay is hollowed out and formed into pots: In their nothingness, the pot's work exists. Doors and windows are dug out so that the chamber may be: In its nothingness, the chamber's work exists. Therefore: What is, serves for possession. What is not, serves for work."

Wilhelm 11 Google's German Translation

 "Thirty spokes are united around a hub. The use of the chariot depends on its emptiness.

Clay is kneaded to make vases. The use of the vases depends on its emptiness. Doors and windows are made to make a house. The use of the house depends on their emptiness. Therefore, utility comes from being, use is born from non-being." Julian 11 Google's translation from French
http://wengu.tartarie.com/wg/wengu.php?l=Daodejing&no=11&lang=en

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