by Laozi ( flourished 6th century BCE )
Translation by Dwight Goddart (1861 - 1939)
The true goodness is like water
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
The true goodness is like water [in that it benefits everything and harms nothing]
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Text Authorship:
- by Dwight Goddart (1861 - 1939) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Laozi ( flourished 6th century BCE ), title 1: "上善若水", title 2: "Shàng Shàn Ruò Shui", appears in Daodejing = 道德經 [text unavailable]
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