夫fú道dào,，有yǒu情qíng有yǒu信xìn,，無wú為wéi無wú形xíng

What does 夫道，有情有信，無為無形 (fú dào, yǒu qíng yǒu xìn, wú wéi wú xíng) mean?

夫道，有情有信，無為無形 (fú dào, yǒu qíng yǒu xìn, wú wéi wú xíng) is a line of classical verse (shīcí 詩詞). Word for word it reads "The Way has feeling and trustworthiness, yet acts without effort and has no visible form." In use it means: The Dao possesses a kind of authenticity and reliability, yet it cannot be grasped through action or perceived through form. It is real without being tangible. You reach for it when you want that idea in one breath, and the Water note it carries is why we hand it to those born in the Year of the Rabbit.

Literally: "The Way has feeling and trustworthiness, yet acts without effort and has no visible form."

The reading

The Dao that Zhuangzi describes here is neither the cold abstraction of philosophers nor the bearded old man of folk religion. It has something like feeling, something like honesty, yet it never intervenes with a heavy hand and never shows its face. This paradox sits at the heart of Daoist thought. The most dependable force in the universe is also the most invisible one. You cannot see it working, but you can feel the evidence of its presence in every process that unfolds without being forced.

What kind of proverb it is

• Typeshīcí 詩詞
• FocusPresent-minded
• Element水 Water
• Zodiac tie兔 Year of the Rabbit

Source Zhuangzi, Dazongshi (Great Ancestral Teacher chapter), Warring States period

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Keep reading

Return to the Proverb Pond to draw another of the eighty-seven, or hear one read aloud. Read the rest of its chapter in The Way of Water, or follow the years these lines belong to: Year of the Rabbit, Year of the Rat, and Year of the Ox.