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Don't fight, and no one in the world can fight you.

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching 22

The source

"Don't fight, and no one in the world can fight you." Lao Tzu said it in Tao Te Ching 22. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

"夫唯不爭,故天下莫能與之爭。"

Original Chinese, Tao Te Ching 22. Chinese: Wang Bi edition via zh.wikisource.

Who said it

Lao Tzu (6th century BC). Keeper of the archives at the Zhou court, by tradition the author of the Tao Te Ching: eighty-one short chapters on water, softness and knowing when to stop.

Questions

Who said "Don't fight, and no one in the world can fight you."?
Lao Tzu (6th century BC). Source: Tao Te Ching 22.
What is the original Chinese?
夫唯不爭,故天下莫能與之爭。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

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