it carries them through their processes and does not vaunt its ability in doing so;Continuing on from yesterday's entry in this series, not only do we let you know who authors each post, but, when we cite the work of others, we tell you who they are and supply a link as well. We do this because we want to give credit where credit is due.
~ James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~
Doing without taking credit,
~ Gia-fu Feng and Jane English translation, published by Vintage Books, 1989 ~
Acts but does not flaunt
~ Derek Lin translation, from Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained, published by SkyLight Paths, 2006 ~
Do the work
without expecting credit for it.
~ Ron Hogan rendition, from Beatrice.com, 2004 ~
Many times credit is bound up in monetary compensation. We want to know who the author is so we can buy their book and the authors themselves want you to know who they are so they can earn a living.
Imagine if all books or blogs were written anonymously! No person taking any credit for the ideas on a printed page or a screen.
To view the Index page for this series to see what you may have missed or would like to read again, go here.
Ta-Wan, WuWu and SonBeam are 3 ways I've separated myself from words I've left behind.
ReplyDeleteStrangely it feels very egotistical for me to raise this point though :D
Whatever name we tag these posts with though, it's Tao not claiming it every time.
"imagine no possessions... I wonder if you can"
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