Is Fire a better symbol of the Dao than Water?

Question

It springs from everything, and disappears into nothing, only to reappear.

It fills vessels, both within and without, more so than water.

And..well, Lao Tzu lived in a time of War from which he fled. To mongol territory perhaps. Ah: sage insight, as and if thou wilt.

Answer 1

and though to fight, I chose water as a muse over fire... though in passion I chose fire. Fire is a poet where water is a novelist.

Tao is balance.

Answer 2

I do believe, personally, that you need all elements to symbolize the Tao, because, without one to support the other, imbalance leads to chaos, and chaos is not the Tao. The Tao is harmony within, and without, one's self, and harmony is impossible through extremes.

....Though, technically, the Tao is up to interpretation through the student or reader's personal ways of defining its passages.

Answer 3

fire ismisunderstood sometimes but basically as a symbol it consumes and water supports life . think about it
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