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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PHILOSOPHERS: LAO-TZU, by PO CHU-YI Poet's Biography
First Line: Those who speak know nothing
Last Line: Of five thousand words?
Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi
Variant Title(s): Lao-tzu (the Philospher)
Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Lao-tzu (6th Century)
First Line: Those who speak know nothing
Last Line: Of five thousand words?
Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi
Variant Title(s): Lao-tzu (the Philospher)
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 one who knew,
How comes it that he wrote a book
Of five thousand words?
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