We talk all day about Sun Tzu, but how about Lao Tzu? Any Taoists, here? This is chapter 8 of the Tao Te Ching. See anyone we all know and love very well emerging to wink at you through these verses? To understand our General is to study the Art of the Deal down tymhri/through the ages. WE LOVE HIM.
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Excellent! Thank you for posting this.
You're right: a good number of chapters are relevant to Trump and to our situation. Not to mention how thought-provoking the book is. Calming and centering, yet thought-provoking; an interesting combination.
BTW, you can still find copies of the 1972 Gia-Fu Feng / Jane English translation (which reads so well; the Chapter 8 in the post is from that or from the later revised version with changes that include gender-neutral language; Chapter 8 wouldn't have much need for that). From the Comments at Amazon:
"This was a beloved classic of mine. I love the new photos; but this addition's version, with all due respect, loses some of the beautiful flow of the original 1972 classic.
"I appreciate that the author wanted to take gender out of it, but in many of my most-loved pages, it sounds forced, and the connection I felt with my old version is lost.
"IMHO, when I see He, She etc., it's simpler to think in terms of Divine Feminine/Divine Masculine; ying/yang...if the intent was to help a reader to either not be offended, or be empowered, well that's on them. FYI: I'm a Progressive, Feminist, Female and learned, long ago, that pushing the river just gives me less energy to smell the roses.
"I'm keeping the book, but will be ordering the earlier, beloved volume."