The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion,As Ron Hogan points to, mores change with the generations. What was considered right and honest in, say, the 1830s doesn't match up with what we believe is right and honest today.
~ James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~
Honesty becomes dishonest.
~ Gia-fu Feng and Jane English translation, published by Vintage Books, 1989 ~
Rightness reverts to become strange
~ Derek Lin translation, from Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained, published by SkyLight Paths, 2006 ~
what's considered proper today
may become improper.
~ Ron Hogan rendition, from Beatrice.com, 2004 ~
In biblical times (as well as the 1830s), the ownership of one human being by another -- slavery -- was not viewed as an evil. In fact, it was expected of the well-to-do family. Notwithstanding the most conservative elements in our society, slavery today is viewed by most as an abomination.
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