Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

identifier question
2163. Who can take his own superabundance and therewith serve all under heaven?
2163. Who can( make) the muddy water( clear)?
216And for what reason?
216And for what reason?
216And how can this be beneficial( to the other)?
216And what is meant by saying that honour and great calamity are to be( similarly) regarded as personal conditions?
216But When Heaven''s anger smites a man, Who the cause shall truly scan?
216But mark their issues, good and ill;-- What space the gulf between shall fill?
216How do I know that it is so?
216How do I know that this effect is sure to hold thus all under the sky?
216How know I that it is so with all the beauties of existing things?
216How should the lord of a myriad chariots carry himself lightly before the kingdom?
216If the people were always in awe of death, and I could always seize those who do wrong, and put them to death, who would dare to do wrong?
216In loving the people and ruling the state, can not he proceed without any( purpose of) action?
216In the opening and shutting of his gates of heaven, can not he do so as a female bird?
216Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?
216Is not this an acknowledgment that in their considering themselves mean they see the foundation of their dignity?
216Keep life and lose those other things; Keep them and lose your life:--which brings Sorrow and pain more near?
216May not the Way( or Tao) of Heaven be compared to the( method of) bending a bow?
216May not the space between heaven and earth be compared to a bellows?
216Or fame or life, Which do you hold more dear?
216Or life or wealth, To which would you adhere?
216Shall we then dispense with correction?
216The people do not fear death; to what purpose is it to( try to) frighten them with death?
216To whom is it that these( two) things are owing?
216Was it not because it could be got by seeking for it, and the guilty could escape( from the stain of their guilt) by it?
216What is meant by speaking thus of favour and disgrace?
216What makes me liable to great calamity is my having the body( which I call myself); if I had not the body, what great calamity could come to me?
216While his intelligence reaches in every direction, can not he( appear to) be without knowledge?
216Who can of Tao the nature tell?
216Who can secure the condition of rest?
216Who knows what either will come to in the end?
216Why was it that the ancients prized this Tao so much?