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if a lord upheld it the world would be his guest
when Heaven joins with Earth they bestow sweet dew no one gives the order it comes down to all
to picture the Tao in the world imagine rivers and the sea
33
Who knows others is perceptive who knows himself is wise
who conquers others is forceful who conquers himself is strong
who knows contentment is wealthy who strives hard succeeds
who doesn't lose his place endures who dies but doesn't perish lives on
34
The Tao drifts it can go left or right
everything lives by its grace but it doesn't speak when its work succeeds it makes no claim it has no desires
shall we call it small
everything turns to it but it wields no control shall we call it great
therefore the sage never acts great thus he can do great things
35
Hold up the Great Image and the world will come and be beyond harm safe serene and at one
fine food and song detain passing guests
when the Tao speaks it's senseless and plain we look and don't see it we listen and don't hear it
36
What you would shorten you should therefore lengthen what you would weaken you should therefore strengthen what you would topple you should therefore raise what you would take you should therefore give
this is called hiding the light the weak conquering the strong
fish can't survive out of the deep as state's greatest tool is not meant to be shown
37
The Tao never does a thing yet there is nothing it doesn't do
if a ruler could uphold it people by themselves would change and changing if their desires stirred he would make them still with simplicity that has no name
stilled by nameless simplicity they would not desire and not desiring be at peace the world would fix itself
38
Higher Virtue is not virtuous thus it possesses virtue Lower Virtue is not without virtue thus it possesses no virtue
Higher Virtue lacks effort and the thought of effort Higher Kindness involves effort but not the thought of effort Higher Justice involves effort and the thought of effort Higher Ritual involves effort but no response until it threatens and compels
when the Way is lost virtue appears when virtue is lost kindness appears when kindness is lost justice appears when justice is lost ritual appears
ritual marks the waning of belief and onset of confusion augury is the flower of the Way and beginning of delusion
thus the great choose thick over thin the fruit over the flower therefore they pick this over that
39
Of things that became one in the past Heaven became one and was clear Earth became one and was still spirits became one and were active
streams became one and were full kings became one and ruled the world
but by implication Heaven would crack if it were always clear Earth would crumble if it were always still spirits would fail
if they were always active streams would dry up if they were always full kings would fall if they were always high and noble
thus the noble is based on the humble the high is founded on the low
thus do kings refer to themselves as orphaned widowed and destitute but this is the basis of humility
counting a carriage as no carriage at all
not wanting to clink like jade they clunk like rocks
40
The Tao moves the other way the Tao works through weakness
the things of this world come from something something comes from nothing
41
When a great person hears of the Way he follows it with devotion when an average person hears of the Way he doesn't know if it's real or not
when a small person hears of the Way he laughs out loud if he didn't laugh it wouldn't be the Way
hence these sayings arose the brightest path seems dark the quickest path seems slow the smoothest path seems rough the highest virtue low the whitest white pitch…black the greatest virtue wanting
the staunchest virtue timid the truest truth uncertain the perfect square lacks corners the perfect tool does nothing the perfect sound is hushed the perfect form is shapeless
the Tao is hidden and has no name but because it's the Tao it knows how to start and how to finish
42
The Tao gives birth to one one gives birth to two two gives birth to three three gives birth to ten thousand things
ten thousand things with yin at their backs and yang in their embrace and breath between for harmony
what the world hates to be orphaned widowed or destitute kings use for their titles
thus some gain by losing others lose by gaining
thus what people teach I teach too tyrants never choose their deaths this becomes my teacher
43
The weakest thing in the world excels the strongest thing in the world what doesn't exist finds room where there is none thus we know doing nothing succeeds
teaching without words succeeding without effort few in the world can equal this
44
Which is more vital fame or health which is more precious health or riches which is more harmful loss or gain
the deeper the love the higher the cost the bigger the treasure the greater the loss
who knows contentment suffers no shame who knows restraint encounters no trouble
45
The greatest thing seems incomplete yet it never wears out the fullest thing seems empty yet it never runs dry the straightest thing seems crooked
the cleverest thing seems clumsy the richest thing seems poor
activity overcomes cold stillness overcomes heat who can be perfectly still is able to govern the world
46
When the Tao prevails courier horses manure fields instead of roads when the Tao fails war…horses are raised on the border
no crime is worse than yielding to desire no wrong is greater than discontent no curse is crueller than getting what you want
the contentment of being content is true contentment indeed
47
Without going out his door he knows the whole world without looking out his window he knows the Way of Heaven the farther people go the less people know
therefore the sage knows without moving names without seeing succeeds without trying
48
Those who seek learning gain every day those who seek the Way lose every day
they lose and they lose until they find nothing to do nothing to do means nothing not dome who rules the world isn't busy
if someone is busy he can't rule the world
49
The sage has no mind of his own his mind is the mind of the people
to the good he is good to the bad he is good until they become good
to the true he is true to the false he is true until they become true
in the world the sage withdraws with others he merges his mind people open their ears and eyes the sage covers them up
50
Appearing means life disappearing means death
thirteen are the followers of life thirteen are the followers of death but people living to live join the land of death's thirteen and why because they live to live
it's said that those who guard life well aren't injured by soldiers in battle or harmed by rhinos or tigers in the wild
for rhinos have nowhere to