2/10/15

Tao Te Ching 9 (First Part)

Tao Te Ching 9 (First Part)
Holding a cup and overfilling it, cannot be as good as stopping short.
Pounding a blade and sharpening it, cannot be kept for long.

Today I will interpret the Tao Te Ching 9 (First Part). “Holding a cup and overfilling it, cannot be as good as stopping short” this statement is true because when overfilling a cup, it will eventually pour out and the water or anything you contain in a cup will be spilled and useless and you just waste an amount of something. While when it is in a normal level, it will not be spilled and you can use what you have put efficiently and it will not be just a waste.


“Pounding a blade and sharpening it, cannot be kept for long” when pounding a blade for so long because you want it to be super fine, it will eventually be broken because you did not expect that it will be push to its limit and it will break. Even in inflating a balloon, you want it to be so big but you don’t notice that it cannot contain much air and it pops out. The two statements mean that when making a thing or doing a thing, you should not push it to its limit because everything that is too much is bad and harmful. And being moderate is really good and having a moderation in all aspects of life, will result a good outcome. And when everything is moderate it will not have a adverse effect.

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