Restrictions, Laws and Poverty
The Tao Te Ching (Daodejing) is the second most translated book in the world today. Let’s take a look at a handful of translations of a particular part of Chapter 57 and see if we can determine what is being expressed:
Beck: The more restrictions there are, the poorer the people.
Chan: The more taboos and prohibitions there are in the world, The poorer the people will be.
Hansen: The more the social world has to elude, the more the people are impoverished.
Legge: In the kingdom the multiplication of prohibitive enactments increases the poverty of the people.
Mitchell: The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be.
Ta-Kao: The more restrictions and avoidances are in the empire, The poorer become the people.
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