DAO DE JING CHAPTER 33 - TEXT, TRANSLATION AND READING RECORD Received Chinese: Wikisource, Dao De Jing (Wang Bi edition), chapter 33. https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/道德經_(王弼本) English below: this site's original working translation. 知人者智,自知者明。 One who knows others is wise; one who knows oneself is clear-sighted. 勝人者有力,自勝者強。 One who overcomes others has power; one who overcomes oneself is strong. 知足者富。 One who knows sufficiency is rich. 強行者有志。 One who persists in acting has resolve. 不失其所者久。 One who does not lose one's place endures. 死而不亡者壽。 One who dies yet does not perish has longevity. PINYIN WITHOUT TONE MARKS - reading aid, not an audio demonstration Zhi ren zhe zhi, zi zhi zhe ming. Sheng ren zhe you li, zi sheng zhe qiang. Zhi zu zhe fu. Qiang xing zhe you zhi. Bu shi qi suo zhe jiu. Si er bu wang zhe shou. RECORD ONE CLAUSE Chinese clause and selected edition: Working translation A and its translator: Working translation B and its translator: Word translated differently: What each translation makes explicit: Any added interpretation (e.g. remembrance at the ending): Wang Bi note, if used - label it commentary: Question still open: CHECK THE STRUCTURE Opening knowledge contrast: Following overcoming contrast: How knowing enough changes the measure of richness: How resolve and place extend the sequence: How the death/endurance line changes a short quotation: Keep Chinese verse, English translation, commentary and modern analogy distinct. The displayed Wang Bi note says the body passes away while Dao remains. This is not a medical prediction, income claim or instruction to remain in harm.