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We pierce the walls of a house to make the windows and doors��
And their usefulness consists in their being fitted round nothingness。
Thus we profit not only by what is�察�but by what is not。
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The five colours�察�if unharmonized�察�confuse the eye��
The five tones�察�if uncoordinated�察�offend the ear��
The five tastes�察�if crudely blended�察�vitiate the palate。
Unrestraint in hunting and pursuing confounds the mind��
Eagerness in the acquisition of rare goods impedes right action。
That is why the Sage looks within and not without��
He disregards That and nurtures This。
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;Glory and disgrace are both related to fear��
Fortune and misfortune are both bound up with the body。;
What is meant by the saying that glory and disgrace are both related to fear��
The on eis high�察�the other is low。
If you achieve glory�察�you fear to lose it。
If you are in disgrace�察�you fear the hsame of it。
Thus glory and disgrace both involve fear。
What is meant by the saying that fortune and misfortune are bound up with the body��
Fortune and misfortune come to us because we have a body。
If we had no body�察�how should fortune or misfortune befall us��
Therefore he who is willing to give to the world as much care as he gives to his own body is worthy to govern the
world。
He who gives to the world as much love as he gives to his own body�察�may be trusted with the ruling of the world。
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That object upon which you gaze yet do not see is called the Invisible��
That sound to which you listen but do not hear is called the Inaudible��
That thing for which your hand gropes yet fails to touch is calledthe Intangible。
The scruting of these three imponderables cannot be carried further�此�the mind perceives them blend in One。
This Unity seen from above does not shine��
Nor�察�seen from below�察�is it dark。
It goes back through Time in an unbroken chain of countless links
Till it reaches Non´Existence。
It is the Formless Form�察�the Image of the Unimaginable。
It is the Incrutable。
Advance towards it�察�and it shows no front��
Follow it�察�and it shows no front��
Follow it�察�and it shows no back。
Yet by laying hold of this Ancient Truth you can master your present existence。
For to understand the mystery of the Beginning
Is to hold the key to the Tao。
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The Wise Men of old were skilled in the Mysteries�察�their minds were subtle and penetrating�察�and so profound that
they were scarcely to be understood。
Trying to understand them�察�this is the picture I call up��
They were cautious�察�like those who cross a river in winter��
They were reserved�察�like those who are suspicious of their fellows��
Their behaviour was modest and seemly�察�like that of one paying a formal visit��
They were yielding�察�like ice responding to the heat of the sun��
They were simple�察�like a piece of wood before it is carves��
Yet they were open to receive�察�like a valley between hills。
Yet they seem to some of us obscure�察�like a muddy strwam。
How shall water become clear cave by keeping stil��
It is by the still and the motionless that life is quickened。
Those who follow the Tao do not crave replenishment��
Always satisfied but never surfeited�察�they are ever´renewed。
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Seek to attain to absolute emptiness��
Maintain a state of perfect stillness。
See how all things come into being��
And see how they return��
They come to flower and fullness
And then go back to the roots whence they came。
To go home to the root is to achieve perfect stillness。
Thus�察�in attaining stillness�察�do they fulfil their destiny��
And thus�察�in turning back�察�they join the Never´changing。
To be aware of the Never´changing is to be enlightened。
Not to know the Never´changing is to stumble blindly into miseries。
He who knows the Never´changing embraces all��
Embracing all�察�shall he not accept all impartially��
To be impartial is an attribute of kingship��
And kingship is of Heaven。
He who is of Heaven can attain to the Tao。
He who is of the Tao endures forever��
And though his body decay�察�he never dies。
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The greatest of kings rules�察�and his subjects are hardly aware of his existence。
The less great is loved and praised by his subjects。
The still less great is feared by his subjects。
The still less great is despised by his subjects。
For truly�察�where faith is not given�察�confidence is not inspired。
How guarded�察�and how sparing�察�is the greatest of kings in giving utterance to his precious words��
When his task is accomplished and all his undertakings crowned with success��
The people�察�scarcely aware that they are ruled at all��
Say�此�All this happens according to nature。
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When the Great Tao is abandoned�察�then patronage�察�condescension and righteousness make their appearance��
When knowledge and learning appear�察�then hypocrites and pretenders make their appearance also��
I tis when closest blood relations are at strife with one noth that we have talk of dutiful children and devoted parents��
It is not until the country is racked with strife and disorder that they patriots spring up。
But in the Tao is balance��
And when the Tao is abandoned�察�what conflicts��
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Give up holiness�察�cast away cleverness��
And the people will be ahundredfold better off��
Give up duty to your neighbour�察�cast away morality��And the people will return to neighbourliness and family´
feeling1
Give up atsitic cleverness�察�cast away profit ´making��
And there will be no more thieves and robbers。
But if in following thesethree precepts the people are not satisfied��
Take care that they are given things to hold on to ´
Let them be shown Simplicity��
Let them hold fast to Purity。
Thus will self´seking diminish��
Thus will desirelessness be attained。
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Give up accumulating knowledge�察�and you will free yourself from many cares。
After all�察�what is the diference between ;Yes; and Yes�察�indeed;��
Can it be compared with the difference between Good and Evil��
;What others fear one may not with impunity disregard�察─�people say。
What a dark wilderness divides them from me��
I see men smiling and gay�察�as if the were taking part in a great festival��
Or mounting a tower to celebrate the coming of Spring。
While I alone am quiet�察�making no sign��
Like a baby not yet old enough to smile��
Or a tired traveller who has no home to turn to。
The common people live in plenty��
It is only I who seem emptied of everything。
Truly�察�my heart seems to be theheart of a fool��
So bewildered am I��
The people about me are bright�察�so bright��
Only I seem to be dull and cast down。
The people about me are so eager and so knowing��
Only I am sad�察�so sad。
I am restless as the waves of the sea��
I am unmoored�察�drifting�察�as one attached to nothing。
All other people have something they are able to do��
Only I am unpractical�察�like a good´for´nothing。
I alone an unlike other men��
For I hold it of worth to seek nourishment from the all´sustaining Mother。
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The greatest virtue is but a manifestatio of the Tao。
The Tao itself is intangible�察�invisible�察�ungraspable。
Intangible�察�invisible�察�ungraspable��
Yet pregnant of things。
Dark�察�unfathomable��
Yet holding seed。
This seed is truth��
And in this truth is faith。
From immemorial time till now
Its nameless name and nature have not changed。
From it proceed all manifested things。
And how do I know that such is the origin of all manifested things��
How else than through the Tao��
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;If in humility you adapt yourself�察�you will remain complete。;
If bent�察�you will become straight again��
If emptied�察�you willbecome full again��
If worn�察�you will be renewed。
He who has little may receive��
He who has much may be embarrassed。
Thus it is that the Sage embraces the One Tao and is an example for the world。
He does not seek to shine�此�therefore he is illumined。
He does not rpide himself on being rihgt�此�therefore his rightness speaks for itself。
He does not sing his own praises�此�therefore he succeeds。
He does not boast of what he achieves�此�therefore his work endures。
He contends with none�此�therefore no one in the world contends with him。
Thus�察�the Ancients' saying�察 �If in humility you adapt yourself you will remain complete�察─�was no empty precept。
For he alone attains completion who�察�yielding�察�returns home to the Tao。
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To be moderate in talk is according to nature。
A hurricane does not blow all morning��
A rain´storm does not last all day。
What is it that makes the wind to blow�察�the rain to pour down��
Heaven´and´Earth��
Is such actions as these of Heaven´and´Earth do not go on forever��
How much less should the actions of men��
Therefore�此�He who acts with the Tao is identified with the Tao��
He who acts in Virtue is identified with Virtue��
He who fails through abandoning Virtue is identified with failure。
Conform to the Tao�察�and the Tao will receive you gladly��
Identify yourself with Virtue�察�and Virtue will receive you gladly��
Identify yourself with failure�察�and failure will receive you gladly。
And truly�察�if your faith is not strong enough�察�you will not meet with faith。
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;If you stand on tiptoe you will not stand firm。
With legs astride�察�you will not go forward。;
Make a display of yourself and you will not shine��
If you assert yourself you wil not therefore be distinguished。
If you vaunt yourself you will not acquire merit。
If you glorify yourself you will not excel。
Such excesses�察�viewed from the Tao��
Are like excess in eating or unmannerly behaviour��
Which everywhere arouse distaste。
The man of Tao gives them short shrift。
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Before Heaen and Earth came into existence
There was That which though formless
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