Gate of All Mysteries
Ben LoomisA line-by-line journey through the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) in the original Chinese — one chapter a week, no prior knowledge of Chinese required.
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Not the Daodejing: Qing the Woodcarver
(5 min read) A short break from the Daodejing to explore three translations of a story illustrating the idea of wuwei 無為.
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Reading the Daodejing: Chapter 3
(16 min read) New here? Check out the introduction first. language primer, and historical context to get quickly up to speed. Chapter and text formatting is explained here.
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Framing the Daodejing: Carrying It Across
(15 min read) How I think about translation — why no rendering can be final, where the line falls between translation and invention, and why it’s worth the Daodejing in your own words.
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Reading the Daodejing: Chapter 2
(18 min read) New here? Check out the introduction, language primer, and historical context to get quickly up to speed. Chapter and text formatting is explained here.
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Framing the Daodejing: A Book No One Wrote
(12 min read) We speak of Laozi as the “author” of the Daodejing. But how it actually came to be is far more complex, and knowing the history of its creation is critical for properly understanding the text.
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All photos by me. Publications: "Both/And" (history as philosophical practice), "The Gothic World" (architectural wonders), "Gate of All Mysteries" (Chinese philosophy), and "Implicate Orders" (speculative fiction).
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