Book 1, Chapter 11

The Uses of Not

People :

Author : Laozi (Lao-Tzu)

Translator : Ursula K. Le Guin

Text :

Thirty spokes
meet in the hub.
Where the wheel isn’t
is where it’s useful.

Hollowed out,
clay makes a pot.
Where the pot’s not
is where it’s useful.[8]

Cut doors and windows
to make a room.
Where the room isn’t,
there’s room for you.

So the profit in what is
is in the use of what isn’t.

From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.

Chronology :

November 06, 2021 : Book 1, Chapter 11 -- Added.

November 06, 2021 : Book 1, Chapter 11 -- Updated.

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