Tao Te Ching is divided in 2 great sections: the Book of Tao, and the Book of Te. Its summary includes the most known Taoist topics such as Tao, Wu (emptiness), Wu-Wei
(nondoing), Fu (return). Generally speaking the content of the book is made of short essays approaching the phenomenology of Tao - the creator and sustainer of everything in the Universe, and the art of
following the Tao which is the supreme goal of Taoist adept. One must know the basic Taoist concepts in order to understand the meaning of the book. For example, the word Tao itself stands for several meanings such as
great originator of everytihgin in the universe, way or method, speech, and so forth. Thus Tao can lead one to the idea of the beginning of the Universe and also to the method of following the Tao, or any method or
technique of doing something (even skill). The same with Wu and Wu-Wei. Wu
stands for emptiness/void. The emptiness of the great beginning or the emptiness of the mind which is the goal of the Taoist adept. Wu-Wei is nondoing or doing without doing, and so forth.
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