Translation © 2023 by Stuart Alve Olson

These translations of the Scripture on Tao and Virtue by Lao Zi (道 德 經 著 老 子) include the rare commentary by Taoist Immortal Bai Yuchan (白 玉 蟾, 1194–1229 CE), more popularly called the Jade Toad Immortal. Bai Yuchan was the fifth patriarch of the...

When a person of high learning hears about the Dao, they practice it diligently.

When a person of mediocre learning hears about the Dao, they hear it but don’t really listen to it.

When a person of inferior learning hears about the Dao, they laugh about it loudly.
If the Dao was not...