Status Updates From The Illustrated Tao Te Ching

Other paintings are direct expressions of Taoist belief... symbolically depicts the emptiness that characterizes the Tao itself, out of which primordial chaos and phenomenal reality emerge.

The Chinese have traditionally believed that all natural phenomena (the seasons, for example) were caused by fluctuations in the cosmic balance of Yin and Yang, force born of the Tao. Consciousness of this underlying duality and its machinations characterizes much Chinese thought.

When they lose their sense of awe,
people turn to religion.
When they longer trust themselves,
they begin to depend on authority.

38. Riten! Die zijn wel de schraalste vorm van eerlijkheid en vertrouwen, en daarbij nog het begin van alle wanorde.