"Those who speak know nothing; Those who know are silent." These words, I am told, Were spoken by Lau Tzu. If we are to believe that Lau Tzu Was himself one who knew, How comes it that he wrote a book Of five thousand words?
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Authorship:
- by Arthur Waley (1889 - 1969) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Bai Juyi (772 - 846) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Kenneth Hesketh (b. 1968), "Three Commentaries: The Philosopher", first performed 2007 [ voice and piano ], from Shimmerwords and Idle Songs, no. 3b, confirmed with a concert programme booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-01-25
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