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4y ago
Agreed, and in other passages Laozi does repeatedly use 愛, which corresponds more closely to our general idea of "love" than 慈 does. So one would have to wonder how this translator would distinguish 愛 from 慈, if they insist on tra
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4y ago
It looks like a loose translation of chapter 67 in the Wang Bi version that you linked. The character interpreted as love is 慈, with the quote mentioned in the article corresponding to 慈故能勇 in the original passage.