Tag: lao tzu
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When Lao-Tzu met Confucius
“Tell me,” said Lao-tzu, “in what consist charity and duty to one’s neighbour?”“They consist,” answered Confucius, “in a capacity in rejoicing in all things; in universal love, without the element of self. These are the characteristics of charity and duty to one’s neighbour.”“What stuff!” cried Lao-tzu, “Does not universal love contradict itself? Is not your…