Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE PHILOSOPHERS: LAO-TZU by PO CHU-YI

First Line: THOSE WHO SPEAK KNOW NOTHING
Last Line: OF FIVE THOUSAND WORDS?
Subject(s): CHINA - TANG DYNASTY (618-905); LAO-TZU (6TH CENTURY);
"THOSE who speak know nothing;
Those who know are silent."
These words, as I am told,
Were spoken by Lao-tzu.
If we are to believe that Lao-tzu
Was himself @3one who knew,@1
How comes it that he wrote a book
Of five thousand words?



Home: PoetryExplorer.net