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What is to be weakened
Is first made strong��
What will be thrown over
Is first raised up��
What will be withdrawn
Is first bestowed。
This indeed is
Subtle Light��
The gentle way
Will overcome
The hard and strong。
As fish should not
Get out of pools��
The realm's edged tools
Should not be shown
To anybody。
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The Way is always still�察�at rest��
And yet does everything that's done。
If then the king and nobles could
Retain its potency for good��
The creatures all would be transformed。
But if�察�the change once made in them��
They still inclined to do their work��
I should restrain them then
By means of that unique
Original simplicity
Found in the Virgin Block��
Which brings disinterest��
With stillness in its train��
And so�察�an ordered world。
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A man of highest virtue
Will not display it as his own��
His virtue then is real。
Low virtue makes one miss no chance
To show his virtue off��
His virtue then is naught。
High virtue is at rest��
It knows no need to act。
Low virtue is a busyness
Pretending to accomplishment。
Compassion at its best
Consists in honest deeds��
Morality at best
Is something done�察�aforethought��
High etiquette�察�when acted out
Without response from others��
Constrains a man to bare his arms
And make them do their duty��
Truly�察�once the Way is lost��
There comes then virtue��
Virtue lost�察�comes then compassion��
After that morality��
And when that's lost�察�there's etiquette��
The husk of all good faith��
The rising point of anarchy。
Foreknowledge is�察�they say��
The Doctrine come to flower��
But better yet�察�it is
The starting point of silliness。
So once full´grown�察�a man will take
The meat and not the husk��
The fruit and not the flower。
Rejecting one�察�he takes the other。
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These things in ancient times received the One��
The sky obtained it and was clarified��
The earth received it and was settled firm��
The spirits got it and were energized��
The valleys had it�察�filled to overflow��
All things�察�as they partook it came alive��
The nobles and the king imbibed the One
In order that the realm might upright be��
Such things were then accomplished by the One。
Without its clarity the sky might break��
Except it were set firm�察�the earth might shake��
Without their energy the gods would pass��
Unless kept full�察�the valleys might go dry��
Except for life�察�all things would pass away��
Unless the One did lift and hold them high��
The nobles and the king might trip and fall。
The humble folk support the mighty ones��
They are base on which the highest rest。
The nobles and the king speak of themselves
As ;orphans�察─ �desolate; and ;needy ones。;
Does this not indicate that they depend
Upon the lowly people for support��
Truly a cart is more than the sum of its parts。
Better to rumble like rocks
Than to tinkle like jade。
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The movement of the Way is a return��
In weakness lies its major usefulness。
From What´is all the world of things was born
But What´is sprang in turn from What´is´not。
41
On hearing of the Way�察�the best of men
Will earnestly explore its length。
The mediocre person learns of it
And takes it up and sets it down。
But vulgar people�察�when they hear the news��
Will laugh out loud�察�and if they did not laugh��
It would not be the Way。
And so there is a proverb��
;When going looks like coming back��
The clearest road is mighty dark。;
Today�察�the Way that's plain looks rough��
And lofty virtue like a chasm��
The purest innocence like shame��
The broadest power not enough��
Established goodness knavery��
Substantial worth like shifting tides。
Great space has no corners��
Great powers come late��
Great music is soft sound��
The great Form no shape。
The Way is obscure and unnamed��
It is a skilled investor�察�nonetheless��
The master of accomplishment。
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The Way begot one��
And the one�察�two��
Then the two begot three
And three�察�all else。
All things bear the shade on their backs
And the sun in their arms��
By the blending of breath
From the sun and the shade��
Equilibrium comes to the world。
Orphaned�察�or needy�察�or desolate�察�these
Are conditions much feared and disliked��
Yet in public address�察�the king
And the nobles account themselves thus。
So a loss sometimes benefits one
Or a benefit proves to be loss。
What others have taught
I also shall teach��
If a violent man does not come
To a violent death��
I shall choose him to teach me。
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The softest of stuff in the world
Penetrates quickly the hardest��
Insubstantial�察�it enters
Where no room is。
By this I know the benefit
Of something done by quiet being��
In all the world but few can know
Accomplishment apart from work��
Instruction when no words are used。
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Which is dearer�察�fame or self��
Which is worth more�察�man or pelf��
Which would hurt more�察�gain or loss��
The mean man pays the highest price��
The hoarder takes the greatest loss��
A man content is never shamed��
And self´restrained�察�is not in danger��
He will live forever。
45
Most perfect�察�yet it seems
Imperfect�察�incomplete��
Its use is not impaired。
Filled up�察�and yet it seems
Poured out�察�an empty void��
It never will run dry。
The straightest�察�yet it seems
To deviate�察�to bend��
The highest skill and yet
It looks like clumsiness。
The utmost eloquence��
It sounds like stammering。
As movement overcomes
The cold�察�and stillness�察�heat��
The Wise Man�察�pure and still��
Will rectify the world。
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When the Way rules the world��
Coach horses fertilize the fields��
When the Way does not rule��
War horses breed in the parks。
No sin can exceed
Incitement to envy��
No calamity's worse
Than to be discontented��
Nor is there an omen
More dreadful than coveting。
But once be contented��
And truly you'll always be so。
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The world may be known
Without leaving the house��
The Way may be seen
Apart from the windows。
The further you go��
The less you will know。
Accordingly�察�the Wise Man
Knows without going��
Sees without seeing��
Does without doing。
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The student learns by daily increment。
The Way is gained by daily loss��
Loss upon loss until
At last comes rest。
By letting go�察�it all gets done��
The world is won by those who let it go��
But when you try and try��
The world is then beyond the winning。
49
The Wise Man's mind is free
But tuned to people's need��
;Alike to be good and bad
I must be good��
For Virtue is goodness。
To honest folk
And those dishonest ones
Alike�察�I proffer faith��
For Virtue is faithful。;
The Wise Man�察�when abroad��
Impartial to the world��
Does not divide or judge。
But people everywhere
Mark well his ears and eyes��
For wise men hear and see
As little children do。
50
On leaving life�察�to enter death��
Thirteen members form a living body��
A corpse has thirteen�察�too��
Thirteen spots by which a man may pass
From life to death。 Why so��
Because his way of life
Is much too gross。
As I have heard�察�the man who knows
On land how best to be at peace
Will never meet a tiger or a buffalo��
In battle�察�weapons do not touch his skin。
There is no place the tiger's claws can grip��
Or with his horn�察�the buffalo can jab��
Or where the soldier can insert his sword。
Why so�拭�In him there is no place of death。
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The Way brings forth��
Its virtue fosters them��
With matter they take shape��
And circumstance perfects them all��
That is why all things
Do honor the Way
And venerate its power。
The exaltation of the Way��
The veneration of its power��
Come not by fate or decree��
But always just because
By nature it is so。
So when the Way brings forth��
Its power fosters all��
They grow�察�are reared��
And fed and housed until
They come to ripe maturity。
You shall give life to things
But never possess them��
Your work shall depend on none��
You shall be chief but never lord。
This describes the mystic power。
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It began with a matrix��
The world had a mother
Whose sons can be known
As ever�察�by her。
But if you know them��
You'll keep close to her
As long as you live
And suffer no harm。
Stop up your senses��
Close up your doors��
Be not exhausted
As long as you live。
Open your senses��
Be busier still��
To the end of your days
There's no help for you。
You are bright�察�it is said��
If you see what is small��
A store of small strengths
Makes you strong。
By the use of its light��
Make your eyes again bright
From evil to lead you away。
This is called ;practicing constancy。;
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When I am walking on the mighty Way��
Let me but know the very least I may��
And I shall only fear to leave the road。
The mighty Way is easy underfoot��
But people still prefer the little paths。
The royal court is dignified�察�sedate��
While farmers' fields are overgrown with weeds��
The granaries are empty and yet they
Are clad in rich´embroidered silken gowns。
They have sharp swords suspended at their sides��
With glutted wealth�察�they gorge with food and drink。
It is�察�the people say��
The boastfulness of brigandage��
But surely not the Way��
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Set firm in the Way�此�none
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