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Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 74

The Canon of Reason and Virtue (Tao te Ching) · front matter · 1 passage

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The "great carpenter who hews" is undoubtedly the Tao, or as theists would say, God. Compare our comment on Chapter 70. We read in the Bible, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file tao/crv/crv132.htm.

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