The
new translation of the Tao Te Ching is going quite well and I’m up to chapter
56, so I’ve nearly caught up with these posts. Meanwhile I’m still running with the translation
by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English (1984) on these posts as I can’t publish my new
translation on this blog as it would make it open source and invalidate my
ability to publish on Amazon.
The Way
The
wise project manager is prepared to be the servant of the team and will give
way to the wishes of the team, for this is the way of the project manager.
Lao
Tzu tells us:
A great country is
like a low land.
It is the meeting
ground of the universe,
The mother of the
universe.
The female overcomes
the male with stillness,
Lying low in
stillness.
Therefore if a great
country gives way to a smaller country,
It will conquer the
smaller country.
And if a small
country submits to a great country,
It can conquer the
great country.
Therefore those that
would conquer must yield,
And those who conquer
do so because they yield.
A great nation needs
more people;
A small country needs
to serve.
Each gets what it
wants.
It is fitting for a
great nation to yield.
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