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Good luck leans on bad. Bad luck hides in good.

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching 58

The source

"Good luck leans on bad. Bad luck hides in good." Lao Tzu said it in Tao Te Ching 58. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

"禍兮福之所倚,福兮禍之所伏。"

Original Chinese, Tao Te Ching 58. 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 "Good luck leans on bad. Bad luck hides in good."?
Lao Tzu (6th century BC). Source: Tao Te Ching 58.
What is the original Chinese?
禍兮福之所倚,福兮禍之所伏。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Water.

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