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                     Chapter 1 -What is the Tao?
The "Tao" is too great to be described by the name "Tao".          Original
                                                                   Chinese
If it could be named so simply, it would not be the eternal Tao.
Heaven and Earth began from the nameless (Tao),
but the multitudes of things around us were created by names.
We desire to understand the world by giving names to the
things we see,
but these things are only the effects of something subtle.
When we see beyond the desire to use names,
we can sense the nameless cause of these effects.
The cause and the effects are aspects of the same, one thing.
They are both mysterious and profound.
At their most mysterious and profound point lies the "Gate of
the Great Truth".

Define SUBTLE


Define PROFOUND



What are some of
the positives that
occur when people
forget about names
and labels?

FILL THE SPACE



What is a word
in our language
difficult or
impossible to
define and
why?

FILL THE SPACE
Chapter 5
              Heaven and Earth don't play favorites
              They treat everything with equal detachment.
              Sages don't play favorites
              They treat good people and bad with equal detachment.

              Heaven and earth are like a set of bellows.
              Although empty, they are endlessly productive.
              The more you work them, the more they produce.
              The mouth, on the other hand, becomes exhausted if you talk too much.
              Better to keep your thoughts inside you.
Define
DETACHMENT


Define BELLOWS


Define SAGE




How can
students behave
more like a set
of bellows?

FILL THE SPACE




Give me one
scenario where
it is better to be
silent than to
speak. Explain
why it is
important to be
quiet.

FILL THE SPACE
CHAPTER 8
              The highest excellence is like water. The excellence
        of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying,
                                 without striving.
                    Hence its way is near to that of the Tao.

Define HENCE




According to
chapter 8,
people should
be more like
water.

What
characteristics
does water have
that people
should attempt
to adopt?

FILL THE SPACE
Chapter 11
              The thirty spokes unite in the center; but it is on the empty
               space (for the axle) that makes the wheel useful. Clay is
       fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness that makes its
               useful. The door and windows are cut out from the walls
     to form an apartment; but it is the empty space within that makes its useful.
            Therefore, it is the empty spaces that makes something useful.


Define FASHIONED




Present other
things in the
world that are
useful because
of the
emptiness it
contains.

FILL THE SPACE
Chapter 33
                     Intelligent people know others.
                     Enlightened people know themselves.
                     You can conquer others with power,
                     But it takes true strength to conquer yourself.
                     Ambitious people force their will on others,
                     But content people are already wealthy.
                     Prudent people will abide.
                     People unconquered by the idea of death will live long.


Define INTELLIGENT


Define
ENLIGHTENED


Define AMBITIOUS


Define PRUDENT


Define ABIDE



According to the Tao, it is
more important to be
enlightened than
intelligent.

Do you agree or disagree
and why?

FILL THE SPACE



Reword this line into simpler
terms a 6th grader could
understand.
Prudent people will
abide.
Chapter 69
   Military strategists have a saying:
   "Rather than act like the lord of the manor,
   I would rather behave like a guest.
   Rather than advance an inch,
   I would rather retreat a foot."

   The point of the saying is that you should:
   Advance upon them without going forward
   Seize their property without even bearing arms.
   Attack where there is no enemy.
   Prevail upon them without weapons.

   There is no greater disaster than to underestimate your enemy.
   If I did that, I would lose my 3 treasures (benevolence, frugality, never trying
   to be number one)
   In combat, the most reticent side will win.

Define PREVAIL


Define
BENEVOLENCE


Define FRUGALITY


Define RETICENT




Discuss the
reasons whether
or not you agree I agree that you should prevail without weapons. To prevail without weapons would be
with the following extremely hard to do, it would take a lot of understanding, mental strength and emotional
line from Chapter strength. To most people walking away from a problem or trying to communicate in order
69:                to fix it would be humiliating to them. They think that by using a weapon whether its a item
Prevail upon them or a part of the body it will make them seem superior to the other. I think that no matter
without weapons. how hard it is to do, that by walking away or by communicating with the other makes you
                   the better person.

FILL THE SPACE
Chapter 76
                When alive, the body is supple, yielding.
                In death, the body becomes hard, unyielding.

                Living plants are flexible,
                In death, they become dry and brittle.

                Therefore, stubborn people are disciples of death, but
                Flexible people are disciples of life.

                In the same way,
                Inflexible soldiers cannot win (a victory).
                And the hardest trees are readiest for an axe to chop them down
                Tough guys sink to the bottom, while
                Flexible people rise to the top.

Define SUPPLE


Define YIELDING


Define UNYIELDING


Define DISCIPLE




This entire chapter
is a metaphor on
how people are
either like living
                    People who are similar to supple, living plants would be flexible. Their minds would be
plants or dead
                    open and they would not hold there emotions in. People that are similar to hard, dead
trees.
                    trees would have a closed mind they would not open up to people and would judge
                    everything around them. They are similar to a dead tree because sooner or later they will
How are people
                    break under pressure just like a dead tree would. People that are full with life are more
similar to supple,
                    likely to be able to talk about their problem which would release them from stress.
living plants and
hard, dead trees?

FILL THE SPACE

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Tao Te Ching

  • 1. Print Form Chapter 1 -What is the Tao? The "Tao" is too great to be described by the name "Tao". Original Chinese If it could be named so simply, it would not be the eternal Tao. Heaven and Earth began from the nameless (Tao), but the multitudes of things around us were created by names. We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of something subtle. When we see beyond the desire to use names, we can sense the nameless cause of these effects. The cause and the effects are aspects of the same, one thing. They are both mysterious and profound. At their most mysterious and profound point lies the "Gate of the Great Truth". Define SUBTLE Define PROFOUND What are some of the positives that occur when people forget about names and labels? FILL THE SPACE What is a word in our language difficult or impossible to define and why? FILL THE SPACE
  • 2. Chapter 5 Heaven and Earth don't play favorites They treat everything with equal detachment. Sages don't play favorites They treat good people and bad with equal detachment. Heaven and earth are like a set of bellows. Although empty, they are endlessly productive. The more you work them, the more they produce. The mouth, on the other hand, becomes exhausted if you talk too much. Better to keep your thoughts inside you. Define DETACHMENT Define BELLOWS Define SAGE How can students behave more like a set of bellows? FILL THE SPACE Give me one scenario where it is better to be silent than to speak. Explain why it is important to be quiet. FILL THE SPACE
  • 3. CHAPTER 8 The highest excellence is like water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving. Hence its way is near to that of the Tao. Define HENCE According to chapter 8, people should be more like water. What characteristics does water have that people should attempt to adopt? FILL THE SPACE
  • 4. Chapter 11 The thirty spokes unite in the center; but it is on the empty space (for the axle) that makes the wheel useful. Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness that makes its useful. The door and windows are cut out from the walls to form an apartment; but it is the empty space within that makes its useful. Therefore, it is the empty spaces that makes something useful. Define FASHIONED Present other things in the world that are useful because of the emptiness it contains. FILL THE SPACE
  • 5. Chapter 33 Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves. You can conquer others with power, But it takes true strength to conquer yourself. Ambitious people force their will on others, But content people are already wealthy. Prudent people will abide. People unconquered by the idea of death will live long. Define INTELLIGENT Define ENLIGHTENED Define AMBITIOUS Define PRUDENT Define ABIDE According to the Tao, it is more important to be enlightened than intelligent. Do you agree or disagree and why? FILL THE SPACE Reword this line into simpler terms a 6th grader could understand. Prudent people will abide.
  • 6. Chapter 69 Military strategists have a saying: "Rather than act like the lord of the manor, I would rather behave like a guest. Rather than advance an inch, I would rather retreat a foot." The point of the saying is that you should: Advance upon them without going forward Seize their property without even bearing arms. Attack where there is no enemy. Prevail upon them without weapons. There is no greater disaster than to underestimate your enemy. If I did that, I would lose my 3 treasures (benevolence, frugality, never trying to be number one) In combat, the most reticent side will win. Define PREVAIL Define BENEVOLENCE Define FRUGALITY Define RETICENT Discuss the reasons whether or not you agree I agree that you should prevail without weapons. To prevail without weapons would be with the following extremely hard to do, it would take a lot of understanding, mental strength and emotional line from Chapter strength. To most people walking away from a problem or trying to communicate in order 69: to fix it would be humiliating to them. They think that by using a weapon whether its a item Prevail upon them or a part of the body it will make them seem superior to the other. I think that no matter without weapons. how hard it is to do, that by walking away or by communicating with the other makes you the better person. FILL THE SPACE
  • 7. Chapter 76 When alive, the body is supple, yielding. In death, the body becomes hard, unyielding. Living plants are flexible, In death, they become dry and brittle. Therefore, stubborn people are disciples of death, but Flexible people are disciples of life. In the same way, Inflexible soldiers cannot win (a victory). And the hardest trees are readiest for an axe to chop them down Tough guys sink to the bottom, while Flexible people rise to the top. Define SUPPLE Define YIELDING Define UNYIELDING Define DISCIPLE This entire chapter is a metaphor on how people are either like living People who are similar to supple, living plants would be flexible. Their minds would be plants or dead open and they would not hold there emotions in. People that are similar to hard, dead trees. trees would have a closed mind they would not open up to people and would judge everything around them. They are similar to a dead tree because sooner or later they will How are people break under pressure just like a dead tree would. People that are full with life are more similar to supple, likely to be able to talk about their problem which would release them from stress. living plants and hard, dead trees? FILL THE SPACE