Dào Dé Jīng Part 2: Dé, Ch. 40
c. 350 BCE

A short chapter after two long ones.
Ch. 40 presents the DDJ's ontology
(the nature of being) in a nutshell.

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Ellen Chen: Chs 38 & 39 speak of reversion to the source...

... Thus even in the midst of death & despair
there is hope of new life.
Ellen Chen, p. 152, abbr.

Here's Ron Hogan's ch. 40, an example of someone
making the Daoist teachings their own.

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