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Translating the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu requires courage as the text is enigmatic

facade Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (80). Photo: Marise Sargis.

Chapter XLVII of the founding text of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu wrote a nickname that means "old." This ancient Chinese wisdom of trying to hide and remain anonymous by the Chinese historian Ssu-ma Ch'ien.

I - Translation by Richard Wilhelm
(translated from German into French by Etienne Perrot ):

Without crossing the threshold of his door,
is known worldwide.
Without looking out the window,
we perceive the direction of Heaven.
more one goes, the less he knows
.

Therefore the Sage does not need to go
to know everything.
He did not need to see
to be lucid.
He did not need to do to accomplish
.

(TAO TE KING published Bookstore Medici)

II - Translation of Liou Kia-Hway (Folio editions):

Without crossing the door
we know the universe
Without looking through her window
one sees the way to heaven.

further one goes, the less one knows
. The holy

knows without traveling,
includes without looking, accomplishes without acting
.

(Tao-te ching published by Folio French translation 1967)

In my opinion, the first translation, based on Chinese sources, to better address this cryptic text, which draws our attention to the crucial importance of the translator.