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The Yijing Process Cosmology: The interpretive context (Part 1)

Dao De Jing is influenced by the Sun Zi Bing Fa in the way of thinking about warfare. The Dao is way making,not a way.

Dao De Jing is influenced by the Sun Zi Bing Fa in the way of thinking about warfare. We should translate the Dao De Jing by moving from nouns to gerunds, because the Dao is way making, not a way. There are many senses in which we can read the Dao De Jing as being derived from a way of thinking.

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