Open To Interpretation

The Tao Te Ching is a very different text that the Analects. I would say that the Analects are a text which states its teachings clearly and doesn’t leave much room for interpretation. On the other hand Tao Te Ching is a text much like the bible in that way. Every different person can have a different interpretation. A book that can do this is interesting but at the same time dangerous. It is interesting because if you take all the interpretations that the people give you will be able to form a better and more accurate interpretation. It will also teach more since a different interpretation may come from the background a persons in. A Christian person is more likely to have a different interpretation than a Jewish person. You will learn about different cultures just by seeing how they interpret the text. It can also be said that it is dangerous because people sometimes interpret it in wrong way. I remember that a few years ago I saw a movie about the crusades where the term “God wills it” was used a lot. The way they used this term was to justify war and killing. These people interpreted the bible in a very different way than what I would have interpreted it. It is clear that different interpretations can bring good and evil. This quote mentions how good will not exist with ought evil ad how evil will not exist with ought to good “All can know good as good only because there is evil. Therefore having and not having arise together (chapter 2).” This may lead to very different interpretations that can harm people and at the same time benefit them.