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movements        and   evil   issues。   The     knowledge      of  that   unchanging      rule 

produces      a   ��grand��    capacity    and   forbearance�察     �and   that   capacity    and 

forbearance   lead   to   a   community   ��of   feeling   with   all   things��。   From   this 

community of feeling comes a kingliness of character�察�and he who is king´ 

like goes on to be heaven´like。            In that likeness to heaven he possesses 

the   Tao。    Possessed   of   the   Tao�察  �he   endures   long�察  �and   to   the   end   of   his 

bodily life�察�is exempt from all danger of decay。 

       17。 1。 In the highest antiquity�察 。�the people�� did not know that there 

were   ��their   rulers��。   In   the   next   age   they   loved   them   and   praised   them。 

In the next they feared them�察�in the next they despised them。 Thus it was 

that when faith ��in the Tao�� was deficient ��in the rulers�� a want of faith in 

them ensued ��in the people��。 

     2。 How irresolute did those ��earliest rulers�� appear�察�showing ��by their 

reticence��   the   importance   which   they   set   upon   their   words�   �Their   work 

was done and their undertakings were successful�察�while the people all said�察�

'We are as we are�察�of ourselves��' 

       18。 1。 When the Great Tao ��Way or Method�� ceased to be observed�察�

benevolence        and   righteousness       came    into   vogue。      ��Then��      appeared 

wisdom and shrewdness�察�and there ensued great hypocrisy。 

     2。   When   harmony   no   longer   prevailed   throughout   the   six   kinships�察�

filial   sons   found   their   manifestation�察  �when   the   states   and   clans   fell   into 

disorder�察�loyal ministers appeared。 

       19。 1。 If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom�察�it 

would be better for the people a hundredfold。                If we could renounce our 

benevolence        and   discard    our   righteousness�察     �the   people    would     again 

become   filial   and   kindly。     If   we   could   renounce   our   artful   contrivances 

and    discard    our   ��scheming      for��  gain�察  �there   would     be  no   thieves    nor 

robbers。 

     2。 Those   three   methods   ��of   government��             Thought olden   ways   in 



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elegance did fail          And made these names their want of worth to veil�察�

But simple views�察�and courses plain and true                   Would selfish ends and 

many lusts eschew。 

       20。   1。   When   we   renounce   learning   we   have   no   troubles。         The 

��ready��     'yes��'  and  ��flattering��   'yea��'      Small     is  the   difference    they 

display。        But mark their issues�察�good and ill�察            �What space the gulf 

between shall fill�拭�

     What all men fear is indeed to be feared�察�but how wide and without 

end is the range of questions ��asking to be discussed��� �

     2。 The   multitude   of   men   look   satisfied   and   pleased�察  �as   if   enjoying   a 

full banquet�察�as if mounted on a tower in spring。             I alone seem listless and 

still�察�my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence。                I am 

like an infant which has not yet smiled。            I look dejected and forlorn�察�as if 

I had no home to go to。           The multitude of men all have enough and to 

spare。    I alone seem to have lost everything。            My mind is that of a stupid 

man�察�I am in a state of chaos。 

     Ordinary   men   look   bright   and   intelligent�察  �while   I   alone   seem   to   be 

benighted。      They look full of discrimination�察�while I alone am dull and 

confused。      I seem to   be carried about   as on the   sea�察�drifting as   if I had 

nowhere to rest。       All men have their spheres of action�察�while I alone seem 

dull and incapable�察�like a rude borderer。           ��Thus�� I alone am different from 

other men�察�but I value the nursing´mother ��the Tao��。 

       21。   The   grandest   forms   of   active   force       From   Tao   come�察  �their 

only source。           Who can of Tao the nature tell�拭               �Our sight it flies�察�

our touch as well。             Eluding sight�察 �eluding touch�察             �The forms   of 

things all in it crouch�察           �Eluding touch�察�eluding sight�察              �There are 

their    semblances�察    �all   right。         Profound      it  is�察 �dark   and   obscure�察�

Things'   essences   all   there   endure。         Those   essences   the   truth   enfold 

Of what�察�when seen�察�shall then be told。                 Now it is so�察�'twas so of old。 

Its   namewhat       passes   not   away�察          �So�察   �in   their  beautiful    array�察�

Things form and never know decay。 

     How know I that it is so with all the beauties of existing things�拭                �By 

this ��nature of the Tao��。 

       22。 1。 The partial becomes complete�察�the crooked�察�straight�察�the empty�察�



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full�察�the worn out�察�new。        He whose ��desires�� are few gets them�察�he whose 

��desires�� are many goes astray。 

     2。 Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing ��of humility���察�

and   manifests   it   to   all   the   world。  He   is   free   from   self´   display�察  �and 

therefore he shines�察�from self´assertion�察�and therefore he is distinguished�察�

from   self´boasting�察  �and   therefore   his   merit   is   acknowledged�察  �from   self´ 

complacency�察  �and   therefore   he   acquires   superiority。        It   is   because   he   is 

thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive 

with him。 

     3。 That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete' was 

not vainly spoken��all real completion is comprehended under it。 

       23。   1。  Abstaining      from    speech    marks    him    who    is  obeying     the 

spontaneity   of     his  nature。    A   violent    wind    does   not  last  for  a  whole 

morning�察�a sudden rain does not last for the whole day。                    To whom is it 

that these ��two�� things are owing�拭          �To Heaven and Earth。          If Heaven and 

Earth cannot make such ��spasmodic�� actings last long�察�how much less can 

man� �

     2。 Therefore when one is making the Tao his business�察�those who are 

also   pursuing   it�察  �agree   with   him   in   it�察  �and   those   who   are   making   the 

manifestation of its course their object agree with him in that�察�while even 

those who are failing in both these things agree with him where they fail。 

     3。 Hence�察�those with whom he agrees as to the Tao have the happiness 

of attaining to it�察�those with whom he agrees as to its manifestation have 

the happiness of   attaining to it�察  �and   those   with   whom  he   agrees   in   their 

failure have also the happiness of attaining ��to the Tao��。 ��But�� wh
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