道德經
Tao Te Ching
十六章
chapter 16
致虛極
Empty yourself of everything

Empty yourself of everything. Stay always at peace. The ten thousand things

Notes

Translation Table
Index Chinese Pinyin Literal Idiomatic
1 zhi achieve
2 xu empty Empty
3 ji ultimate yourself of everything.
4 shou keep Stay
5 jing peaceful at peace
6 du constant always at peace.
7 wan ten thousand The ten thousand
8 wu things things
9 bing
10 zuo
11 wu
12 yi
13 guan
14 fu
15 fu
16 wu
17 yun
18 yun
19 ge
20 fu
21 gui
22 qi
23 gen
24 gui
25 gen
26 yue
27 jing
28 shi
29 wei
30 fu
31 ming
32 fu
33 ming
34 yue
35 chang
36 zhi
37 chang
38 yue
39 ming
40 bu
41 zhi
42 chang
43 wang
44 zuo
45 xiong
46 zhi
47 chang
48 rong
49 rong
50 nai
51 gong
52 gong
53 nai
54 wang
55 wang
56 nai
57 tian
58 tian
59 nai
60 dao
61 dao
62 nai
63 jiu
64 mo
65 shen
66 bu
67 dai