Know the masculine, cleave to the feminine
Be the valley for everyone.
Being the valley for everyone
You are always in virtue without lapse
And you return to infancy.
Know the White, cleave to the Black.
Be a model for everyone.
Being the model for everyone
You are always in virtue and free from error
You return to limitlessness.
Know Glory but cleave to Humiliation
Be [...]
A good traveler leaves no tracks.
Good speech lacks faultfinding.
A good counter needs no calculation.
A well-shut door will stay closed without a latch.
Skillful fastening will stay tied without knots.
It is in this manner that the sage is always skillful in elevating people.
Therefore she does not discard anybody.
She is always skillful in helping things
Therefore she does not [...]
Heaviness is the root of lightness.
Composure is the ruler of instability.
Therefore the sage travels all day
Without putting down his heavy load.
Though there may be spectacles to see
He easily passes them by.
This being so
How could the ruler of a large state
Be so concernced with himself as to ignore the people?
If you take them lightly you will [...]
There is something that is perfect in its disorder
Which is born before Heaven and Earth.
So silent and desolate! It established itself without renewal.
Functions universally without lapse.
We can regard it as the Mother of Everything.
I don’t know its name.
Hence, when forced to name it, I call it “Tao.”
When forced to categorize it I call it “great.”
Greatness [...]
Standing on tiptoe, you are unsteady.
Straddle-legged, you cannot go.
If you show yourself, you will not be seen.
If you affirm yourself, you wil not shine.
If you boast, you will have no merit.
If you promote yourself, you will have no success.
Those who abide in the Tao call these
Leftover food and wasted action
And all things dislike them.
Therefore the [...]
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