Book 2, Chapter 70

Being Obscure

People :

Author : Laozi (Lao-Tzu)

Translator : Ursula K. Le Guin

Text :

My words are so easy to understand,
so easy to follow,
and yet nobody in the world
understands or follows them.

Words come from an ancestry,
deeds from a mastery:
when these are unknown, so am I.

In my obscurity
is my value.
That’s why the wise
wear their jade under common clothes.

From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.

Chronology :

November 06, 2021 : Book 2, Chapter 70 -- Added.

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