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Learning adds every day. The Way subtracts every day.

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching 48

The source

"Learning adds every day. The Way subtracts every day." Lao Tzu said it in Tao Te Ching 48. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

"為學日益,為道日損。"

Original Chinese, Tao Te Ching 48. 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 "Learning adds every day. The Way subtracts every day."?
Lao Tzu (6th century BC). Source: Tao Te Ching 48.
What is the original Chinese?
為學日益,為道日損。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

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