CHAPTER 74 – QUESTIONING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Chapter 74 – Questioning Capital Punishment   When the people are not afraid of death, wherefore frighten them with death? Were the people always afraid of death, and were I able to arrest and put to death those who innovate, then who would dare? There is a regular executioner whose charge it is to kill.Continue reading “CHAPTER 74 – QUESTIONING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT”

CHAPTER 73 – LET’S START WITH BRAVERY

Chapter 73 – Let’s Start With Bravery  He who is brave in daring will be killed. He who is brave in not daring will live. Of these two, one is advantageous and one is harmful. Who knows why Heaven dislikes what it dislikes? Even the sage considers it a difficult question. The Way of HeavenContinue reading “CHAPTER 73 – LET’S START WITH BRAVERY”

CHAPTER 72 – WHY NOT RULE LIKE A SAGE?

Chapter 72 – Why Not Rule Like a Sage?  When the people lack a proper sense of awe, Then some awful visitation will descend upon them.  Do not constrict their living space; Do not press down on their means of livelihood. It is because you do not press down on them that they will notContinue reading “CHAPTER 72 – WHY NOT RULE LIKE A SAGE?”