Immortality Posted June 4, 2021 Hello everyone, Poetry often contains a metre, meaning a certain patterns of phonetic harmony defines the sentence structure and the choosing of words. I was wondering if this is also the case with Dao De Jing. I might have too difficult a time recognizing whether this is the case or not, as my Chinese is far from sufficient. Thank you, Immortality Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sketch Posted June 4, 2021 Where ideas stop and start, and how the text flows, is subject to interpretation among Chinese language experts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Immortality Posted June 4, 2021 Sketch: Thank you. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
awaken Posted May 13, 2022 沒有 道德經不是詩歌形式 沒有押韻 No Tao Te Ching is not in poetic form no rhyme Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
