Verse 76
   
     

classes     qigong     tai chi     kung fu     about us     reviews     a-z



People at birth
are soft and supple:
At death,
they are hard and stiff.

When plants are alive,
they are green and bending;
When they are dead,
they are dry and brittle.

Soft and bending is the way of the living;
Hard and brittle is the way of the dying.

Therefore,
a great strength
that is inflexible,
Will break in the wind
like an old dead tree.

So the arrogant and the unyielding
will fall;
And the humble and the yielding
will overcome


(Lao Tzu)
 


3     8     9     11     15     16     17     20     24     45     53     54     66     70     71     75     76


Page created 2 March 1995
Last updated 04 May 2023