Tao Te Ching, Chapter 49, Verse 1, Translations (original) (raw)
Daodejing by Laotzu
Chapter 49
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Chapter Order in Wang Bi's Daodejing Commentary in 246 CE
Translations into English of Chapter 49, Verse 1
The Wise Person has no Ego,
He identifies himself with the universe.
The Sage has no set heart.
Ordinary people's hearts
Become the Sage's heart.
The wise man has no fixed opinions to call his own.
He accommodates himself to the minds of others.
The sage has no mind of his own.
He takes the minds of the people as his own.
A wise ruler has no preconceived ideas,
He adopts the people's ideas as his own.
The sage has no mind of his own.
He is aware of the needs of others.
Sages never have a mind of their own;
they consider the minds of the common people to be their mind.
The sage has no mind of her own.
She is at one with all of humanity.
The Tao–Master does not have his heart set on anything in particular.
He wants to understand the hearts of the people.
The Sage is free of the law of fixed belief;
It reflects the heart of every seeker.
The Complete Thinker has no interests of their own,
But takes the interests of the people as their own.
The Sage is without a set mind.
He makes the mind of the people his own.
The Taoist has no opinions
He simply listens, and acts
The wise man has no fixed opinions to call his own.
He accommodates himself to the minds of others.
sheng ren wu chang xin.
yi bai xing xin wei xin.
shêng jên wu ch'ang hsin.
yi pai hsing hsin wei hsin.
The Sage has no decided opinions and feelings,
But regards the people's opinions and feelings as his own.
The wise leader does not impose a personal agenda or value system on the group.
The leader follows the group's lead and is open to whatever emerges.
The sage's heart is not unchangeable,
He makes his own the people' s heart and will,
The Sage has no interests of his own,
But takes the interests of the people as his own.
The sage has no set mind.
She adopts the concerns of others as her own.
The Saint has no fixed mind.
He makes the mind of the people his own,
The sage is never opinionated,
He listens to the mind of the people.
Sages have no mind-set.
They take common people's concerns as theirs.
The wise man hath no fixed principle;
he adapted his mind to his environment.
The Heart of the self-controlled man is always in the Inner Kingdom.
He draws the hearts of all men into his Heart.
The Sage’s heart is not immutable;
he regards the people’s heart as his own.
The wise have no mind-set.
They regard the people's minds as their own.
Der Berufene hat kein eigenes Herz.
Er macht das Herz der Leute zu seinem Herzen.
Der Weyse hat kein selbstsüchtiges Herz,
unvoreingenommen nimmt er die Herzen
der anderen in sich auf.
The great men did not have a fixed will;
they made the people's will their own.
The Sage has no self to call his own.
He makes the self of the people his self.
El Sabio no tiene intereses propios,
Hace suyos los intereses del pueblo.
El Sabio no tiene intereses propios,
pero hace suyos los interesesde la gente.
A sound man's heart is not shut within itself
But is open to other people's hearts:
Evolved Individuals have no fixed mind;
They make the mind of the People their mind.
Le Saint n'a point de sentiments immuables.
Il adopte les sentiments du peuple.
El sabio es constante en su mente,
hace de la mente del pueblo su propia mente.
El sabio carece siempre de espíritu propio,
hace suyo el espíritu del pueblo.
The best ruler has no personal ideas
And what the people think is what he/she thinks.
The sage has no invariable mind of his own;
he makes the mind of the people his mind.
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Our minds are, indeed, formed and evolved from our habits of body-mind and our existing social/educational life.
Your family is one key root of your personality.
We need to have an open, flexible, modifiable approach to learning and knowing.
Our changing personal needs are furthered by good social relations.
We ride the surf of change in life always with others.
Avoid inflexible and "certain" attitudes and opinions.
Adapt your thinking to your environment.
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