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Everyone knows soft beats hard. No one lives it.

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching 78

The source

"Everyone knows soft beats hard. No one lives it." Lao Tzu said it in Tao Te Ching 78. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

"弱之勝強,柔之勝剛,天下莫不知莫能行。"

Original Chinese, Tao Te Ching 78. 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 "Everyone knows soft beats hard. No one lives it."?
Lao Tzu (6th century BC). Source: Tao Te Ching 78.
What is the original Chinese?
弱之勝強,柔之勝剛,天下莫不知莫能行。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

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