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Ultimate Goodness of Water

Quote from Lao Tzu

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shàng shàn ruò shuǐ

Ultimate Goodness of Water Scroll

上善若水 is a quote that is sometimes presented as “Be like water.”

However, this is an ancient quote from the great philosopher Lao Tzu. It suggests that the ultimate goodness and purity (in the world) is water. Many take this as a suggestion to be like pure/good water.

Be Like Water

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xiàng shuǐ yí yàng

Be Like Water Scroll

像水一樣 is a short quote from a much longer statement by Bruce Lee.

He summarized how people should be flexible to all circumstances, attacks, or situations. In the end, he exclaims, “Be like water, my friend.” 像水一樣 is the “Be like water” part alone since that seems to be what most people want.

Be Like Water

Quote from Lao Tzu

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ruò shuǐ

Be Like Water Scroll

若水 is part of a very old saying from Lao Tzu.

In these two characters, there is a suggestion to be like water. The full phrase is about the goodness and purity of water. So, when this suggests being like water, it is actually a suggestion to be a good person (one who does not dishonor himself/herself, etc.).

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Be Like Water Chinese Horizontal Wall Scroll

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Birds Over Suzhou Chinese Venice Painting

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
上善若水 see styles	shàng shàn ruò shuǐ shang4 shan4 ruo4 shui3 shang shan jo shui	More info & calligraphy: Ultimate Goodness of Water the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經\|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1])

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Ultimate Goodness of Water	上善若水		shàng shàn ruò shuǐ shang4 shan4 ruo4 shui3 shang shan ruo shui shangshanruoshui	shang shan jo shui shangshanjoshui
Be Like Water	像水一樣		xiàng shuǐ yí yàng xiang4 shui3 yi2 yang4 xiang shui yi yang xiangshuiyiyang	hsiang shui i yang hsiangshuiiyang
Be Like Water	若水		ruò shuǐ / ruo4 shui3 / ruo shui / ruoshui	jo shui / joshui

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Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

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