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Recently, I’ve been reading the Tao Te Ching. I’m not bold enough to claim I’ve fully understood it, but it has indeed sparked some insights.
This book is unlike anything I’ve read or learned before. In the past, what I learned was either knowledge or methods, but in this book, I’ve glimpsed wisdom.
To me, wisdom is the ultimate skill that transcends time and objective facts.
One of the deepest impressions I’ve gotten is this: opposing concepts can transform into each other.
This idea is familiar to us Chinese; it’s practically part of our collective subconscious. Even those who haven’t read the Tao Te Ching know the story of “The Old Man Who Lost His Horse.”
When the old man lost his horse, people said it was bad luck, but he replied, “Not necessarily.” Sure enough, the horse returned with a fine steed from the Hu people. People came to congratulate him, but he said, “Not necessarily good.” True enough, his son saw the fine horse and couldn’t resist riding it, only to fall and break his leg. People said this was surely a misfortune, but the old man still said, “Not necessarily.” Later, when the Hu people invaded, all the young men were conscripted, but because of his son’s limp, he wasn’t taken as cannon fodder, and the father and son were spared.