If I’m being completely honest, when I first read Chapter 10 of the Daodejing, I was a bit stumped and struggled to find a deeper meaning within the text. I researched the meaning of qi and found that it represents life and “vital energies”, but it can be open to many interpretations. At the end of the day, however, I believe that the text is ultimately a story about a loving, almost parental-like figure, trying to raise another individual into being spiritual and one with themselves. Chinese philosophy greatly relies on the aspects of family values, as well as being calm, to be a good…