Traditional Chinese Wedding Vows

Groom, are you willing to take Bride, as your wife, in sacred marriage together for life? 
Whether she has sickness or health, poverty or wealth, beauty or is plain, in good times and in bad, are you willing to love her, to comfort her, to respect her/him, and protect her/him? And willing to be forever loyal to her/him?

Bride, are you willing to take Groom, as your husband, in sacred marriage together for life? 
Whether he, has sickness or health, poverty or wealth, beauty or is plain, in good times and in bad, are you willing to love him, to him, to respect him, and protect him? And willing to be forever loyal to him?


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Excerpt from Tao Te Ching 
​by Lao Tzu
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Without words, without even understanding, 
lovers find each other. 
...The moment of finding is always a surprise, 
like meeting an old friend never before known.

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Excerpt from Tao Te Ching 
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Explore and discover that which is within. 
When we find ourselves, we are more easily found by others.

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When Two People Are at One 
​from I Ching
by Fu Xi
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When two people are at one 
in their inmost hearts 
They shatter even the strength of iron 
or of bronze 
And when two people understand each other 
in their inmost hearts 
Their words are sweet and strong 
like the fragrance of orchids.

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Prayer for Peace
by Lao-Tse

If there is to be peace in the world, 
There must be peace in the nations. 
If there is to be peace in the nations, 
There must be peace in the cities. 
If there is to be peace in the cities, 
There must be peace between neighbors. 
If there is to be peace between neighbors, 
There must be peace in the home. 
If there is to be peace in the home, 
There must be peace in the heart.


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Plucking the Rushes

A boy and a girl are sent to gather rushes for thatching 
Green rushes with red shoots  
Long leaves bending to the wind – 
You and I in the same boat 
Plucking rushes at the Five Lakes. 

We started at dawn from the orchid-island: 
We rested under elms till noon. 
You and I plucking rushes 
Had not plucked a handful when night came!

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Oath of Friendship
​by Anonymous, China, 1st Century BC

I want to be your friend 
For ever and ever without break or decay. 
When the hills are all flat 
And the rivers are all dry, 
When it lightens and thunders in winter, 
When it rains and snows in summer, 
When Heaven and Earth mingle 
Not 'til then will I part from you.

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Chinese Wedding Poem
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I want to be your friend forever and ever 
When the hills are all flat 
And the rivers run dry 
When the trees blossom in winter 
And the snow falls in summer  
When heaven and earth mix 
Not till then will part from you.

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