Ooh! "Self-absorption" is great! I should have waited on this response before I edited the Wikipedia entry. I'll just have to go add that in now.

My point in regards to the contrast of "feminine" qualities and "masculine" qualities is actually based in the equal status of yin and yang in Chinese philosophy. Neither is "better" or "more important" than the other. They are different, and they are equal. One is more applicable in some circumstances, and the other is more applicable in other circumstances. I didn't like the suggestion that one should eschew yang for the sake of yin.

Considering that I'm engaged in editing the list in the Wikipedia article, you could probably just requote it, edit your node appropriately, and be done. If you have problems with my take on the interpretations, you can even re-edit the Wikipedia entry to suit yourself. That's the great thing about wiki sites. Who says you have to choose between the Wikipedia list and your own list of interpretations? Heh.

I'm sure there's some Taoist moral to be learned from this, but I'm not feeling sufficiently poetic right now to formulate it in English.

print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);
 - apotheon
CopyWrite Chad Perrin

In reply to Re^3: Tao Perl Ching - The Scripture of the Way of Perl by apotheon
in thread Tao Perl Ching - The Scripture of the Way of Perl by radiantmatrix

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