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Force it and you ruin it. Grip it and you lose it.

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching 29

The source

"Force it and you ruin it. Grip it and you lose it." Lao Tzu said it in Tao Te Ching 29. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

"為者敗之,執者失之。"

Original Chinese, Tao Te Ching 29. 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 "Force it and you ruin it. Grip it and you lose it."?
Lao Tzu (6th century BC). Source: Tao Te Ching 29.
What is the original Chinese?
為者敗之,執者失之。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Water.

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