[TTC Study] Chapter 4 of the Tao Teh Ching

[Marblehead]

PS...

May we say that the gods are before the elephants. The gods should be above the elephants...???

But if gods don't exist then all you have left are elephants.

[ChiDragon]

But if gods don't exist then all you have left are elephants.

What about the Peking man(北京人).....???

Edited December 18, 2014 by ChiDragon

[ChiDragon]

Well.. you've convinced me. It's definitely about elephants.

 

Dusty.....

I thought you are better than that. Please don't make me to retract my statement complimenting about your Chinese. I can come up with all kinds of excuses to pardon all others but you. I had high hopes for you. Now, I have second thoughts.

Edited December 18, 2014 by ChiDragon

[Marblehead]

What about the Peking man(北京人).....???

But he wasn't a god or an elephant.

 

 

Edit to add:

 

Actually, back when I was in elementary school they were still teaching the three races of man and Peking man was one of them.

Edited December 18, 2014 by Marblehead

[awaken]

真人至妙，若有若無。髣髴太淵，乍沈乍浮。

 

This is from Cantong qi.

 

淵兮似萬物之宗...

 

湛兮似或存。吾不知誰之子，象帝之先。

 

This is from TTC ch 4

 

The same thing, something or "someone" is sinking and showing.

 

That is the way the immortal appear.

 

I am glad that Lao zi don't know where this one come from.

 

When I saw it first time, I don't know, too.

 

And I still don't know now.

Edited January 29, 2017 by awaken