{"$schema":"https://ejfox.com/schema/page-twin@1.json","kind":"reading_item","url":"https://ejfox.com/reading/Tzu-Brookes-Tao%20Te%20Ching","json_url":"https://ejfox.com/reading/Tzu-Brookes-Tao%20Te%20Ching.json","generator":"ejfox.com/json-twin@1","data":{"cacheVersion":"2026-05-13-gear-cards","html":"<h1 class=\"\" id=\"tao-te-ching\">Tao Te Ching</h1>\n<h2 class=\"\" id=\"highlights\">Highlights</h2>\n<blockquote class=\"md-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400\">Therefore the wise person lives without effort in his daily life. He practices a wordless doctrine. Good and bad come to him and he refuses neither. ^ref-40490</p>\n</blockquote>\n<svg class=\"mx-auto my-8 w-full max-w-prose\" height=\"1\">\n  <line x1=\"0\" y1=\"0\" x2=\"100%\" y2=\"0\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1\" stroke-dasharray=\"2,4\" />\n</svg>\n<blockquote class=\"md-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400\">The wise person acts but does not take credit. Leads, but does not rule. This is a profound virtue. ^ref-65476</p>\n</blockquote>\n<svg class=\"mx-auto my-8 w-full max-w-prose\" height=\"1\">\n  <line x1=\"0\" y1=\"0\" x2=\"100%\" y2=\"0\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1\" stroke-dasharray=\"2,4\" />\n</svg>\n<blockquote class=\"md-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400\">A bowl is useful because it is molded around emptiness, waiting to be filled. A house is useful because of its doors and windows, that allow people to enter and live happily. Therefore the 'what is' is benefited by the 'what is not'. Each is served by the other. ^ref-5329</p>\n</blockquote>\n<svg class=\"mx-auto my-8 w-full max-w-prose\" height=\"1\">\n  <line x1=\"0\" y1=\"0\" x2=\"100%\" y2=\"0\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1\" stroke-dasharray=\"2,4\" />\n</svg>\n<blockquote class=\"md-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400\">The wise person is excellent at helping others, and does not reject any of them. ^ref-11567</p>\n</blockquote>\n<svg class=\"mx-auto my-8 w-full max-w-prose\" height=\"1\">\n  <line x1=\"0\" y1=\"0\" x2=\"100%\" y2=\"0\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1\" stroke-dasharray=\"2,4\" />\n</svg>\n<blockquote class=\"md-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400\">Although the Tao seems insignificant, no one can command it. The leader that can act in accordance with it will find that everything is naturally in accord with him. ^ref-24629</p>\n</blockquote>\n<svg class=\"mx-auto my-8 w-full max-w-prose\" height=\"1\">\n  <line x1=\"0\" y1=\"0\" x2=\"100%\" y2=\"0\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1\" stroke-dasharray=\"2,4\" />\n</svg>\n<blockquote class=\"md-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400\">One who is well planted in the Tao cannot be uprooted, one who has a firm grasp of the Tao will not let it slip away. Your descendants will not cease in their honour of you. ^ref-11602</p>\n</blockquote>\n<svg class=\"mx-auto my-8 w-full max-w-prose\" height=\"1\">\n  <line x1=\"0\" y1=\"0\" x2=\"100%\" y2=\"0\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1\" stroke-dasharray=\"2,4\" />\n</svg>\n<h2 class=\"\" id=\"metadata\">Metadata</h2>\n<ul class=\"list-disc\">\n<li class=\"\">Author: Lao Tzu and Robert Brookes</li>\n<li class=\"\">ASIN: B009WA8ZKG</li>\n<li class=\"\">Reference: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009WA8ZKG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"external-link group inline-flex items-center text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400\" data-preview-url=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009WA8ZKG\">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009WA8ZKG</a></li>\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"kindle://book?action=open&#x26;asin=B009WA8ZKG\" class=\"text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400\">Kindle link</a></li>\n</ul>","title":"Tao Te Ching","metadata":{"tags":["book","meditation"],"kindle-sync":{"bookId":"23914","title":"Tao Te Ching","author":"Lao Tzu and Robert Brookes","asin":"B009WA8ZKG","lastAnnotatedDate":"2023-06-30","bookImageUrl":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91x+WlgMW1L._SY160.jpg","highlightsCount":6},"words":217,"images":0,"imageDetails":{"total":0,"cloudinary":0,"withDimensions":0},"links":1,"codeBlocks":0,"headers":{"h1":1},"toc":[{"text":"Tao Te Ching","slug":"tao-te-ching","level":"h1","children":[{"text":"Highlights","slug":"highlights","level":"h2","children":[]},{"text":"Metadata","slug":"metadata","level":"h2","children":[]}]}],"type":"post"}},"_links":{"self":"https://ejfox.com/reading/Tzu-Brookes-Tao%20Te%20Ching.json","html":"https://ejfox.com/reading/Tzu-Brookes-Tao%20Te%20Ching","index":"/reading.json"}}