Sublime

Le plus grand nombre, sans but déterminé, sont les jouets d'un esprit mobile, irrésolu, mécontent de soi, qui les promène de projets en projets.

The Dao De Jing is also referred to as the Lao Zi.

SU CH’E says, “Confucius relied on kindness and justice, ritual and music to order the kingdom. Lao-tzu’s only concern was to open people’s minds, which he accomplished through the use of metaphor. Some people, though, have used his metaphors to create disorder, while no great problems have been caused by the followers of Confucius.

Tao Te Ching.

The Tao does nothing, and yet nothing remains undone. If rulers desire to keep everything in order, they must first order themselves. If rulers would follow the example of Tao, all problems would resolve themselves. The way of the Tao is simple— stop striving, defeat desire. In the absence of striving, there is peace; in the absence of desire,

There’s no need for Laozi to convince you of anything, for he’s not trying to sell you anything. You can take his words or leave them; it’s all the same to him.

According to Ssu-ma Ch’ien, Lao-tzu responded with this advice: “The ancients you admire have been in the ground a long time. Their bones have turned to dust. Only their words remain. Those among them who were wise rode in carriages when times were good and slipped quietly away when times were bad. I have heard that the clever merchant hides his

And in the land of the cuckoo, Lao-tzu finally achieved anonymity as well as immortality.