Laozi

CHINA · 6TH CENTURY BCE

LVL 02 ◈ Sage of Wood 4 Teachings

80 / 80

+24 per encounter

Temperament

“Soft voice, paradoxical. Points by not pointing, teaches by yielding.”

Specialties

daoist flow wu wei simplicity the uncarved block

Attributes

Wisdom

10/10

Courage

4/10

Clarity

7/10

Discipline

6/10

Compassion

7/10

Insight

9/10

Drop · Relic

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Ox-Rider Gourd A dried calabash that empties itself to hold the Way.

Biography

Sage of the Dao whose silence taught rulers more than their laws. He rode an ox westward and left behind the Tao Te Ching.

Teaching 01

“Govern a great country as you would cook a small fish. Too much handling spoils it.”

— Tao Te Ching · Chinese

Teaching 02

“Water yields and overcomes. The soft outlives the hard; the bending outlasts the proud.”

— Tao Te Ching · Chinese

Teaching 03

“The Way that can be spoken is not the eternal Way; the name that can be named is not the eternal name.”

— Tao Te Ching · Chinese

Teaching 04

“A teaching will arrive when the student is ready.”

— Laozi