見素抱樸
Look plain. Hold the uncarved block. Want little.
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching 19
The source
"Look plain. Hold the uncarved block. Want little." Lao Tzu said it in Tao Te Ching 19. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.
"見素抱樸，少私寡欲。"Original Chinese, Tao Te Ching 19. 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 "Look plain. Hold the uncarved block. Want little."?
- Lao Tzu (6th century BC). Source: Tao Te Ching 19.
- What is the original Chinese?
- 見素抱樸，少私寡欲。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.
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