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The Tao That Can Be Told
Legend has it that late in life, Chinese sage Lao Tzu got on his water buffalo and rode westward out of China. At the border, he was stopped and asked to write down his teachings before leaving. What follows is the true account of the events surrounding the writing of The Tao Te Ching.
In an isolated guardshack on China’s mountainous western border, two soldiers in their mid-thirties, YIN and YANG, sit face to face playing a very focused game of Pinky Touch, the rules of which are unclear. Neither man moves, both silently intent on their almost-touching little fingers. After thirty seconds, the frozen tableau bursts into activity as Yin leaps up in victory and Yang collapses in defeat.
YIN
I am the Lord-Emperor of Pinky-Touch!
YANG
Yeah, yeah. You win again, your imperial highness. I gotta take a leak.
YIN
On the other side of the pissing rock this time, please.
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