CHAPTER 1
道可道，非常道Read Chinese and English ↗CONCEPT IN CONTEXT
The Way 道
The Way names the source and course through which things arise, develop, and return. It nurtures without possessing, acts without forcing, and cannot be exhausted by any fixed name or description.
29 associated chapters · interpretations are editorial study aids.
CHAPTER 4
渊兮似万物之宗Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 8
故几于道Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 14
执古之道，以御今之有。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 15
保此道者不欲盈Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 16
天乃道，道乃久Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 21
道之为物，惟恍惟惚。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 23
故从事于道者，道者同于道Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 24
其在道也，曰余食赘行。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 25
字之曰道，强为之名曰大。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 30
以道佐人主者，不以兵强天下。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 32
道常无名，朴虽小，天下莫能臣也。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 34
大道泛兮，其可左右。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 37
道常无为而无不为。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 40
反者道之动，弱者道之用。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 41
道隐无名。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 42
道生一，一生二，二生三，三生万物。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 46
天下有道，却走马以粪。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 47
不闚牖，见天道。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 48
为道日损。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 51
道生之，德畜之。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 52
天下有始，以为天下母。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 53
行于大道，唯施是畏。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 53
非道也哉！Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 60
以道莅天下，其鬼不神；Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 62
道者万物之奥。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 62
不如坐进此道。Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 73
天之道，不争而善胜Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 77
天之道，损有余而补不足Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 79
天道无亲，常与善人Read Chinese and English ↗CHAPTER 81
天之道，利而不害Read Chinese and English ↗