Chinese Wisdom Traditions

Chinese Wisdom Traditions

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Speechless Teaching - part 2

Speechless Teaching - part 2

The DaoDeJing - the Secrets of Internal Alchemy

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(8) ChangDunXiangXing 長短相形

Long and short determine one another

Chang 長 and Duan 耑 from in the oldest (bamboo) version of the DaoDeJing

Interestingly, in the oldest, bamboo version of the DaoDeJing that I mentioned previously in part 1,  the written pattern of Chang 長 (long) looks like long hair hanging down a person’s back whereas Duan 耑 (short) looks lik…

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