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  Chapters twenty eight through thirty seven. Chapter twenty eight, Section one. Who
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  knows his manhood's strength, yet still his female feebleness maintains as to one channel
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  flow, the many drains all come to him, yea, all beneath the
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  sky. Thus he, the constant Excellence, retains the simple child, again
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  free from all stains. Who knows how white attracts, yet always keeps himself
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  within Black's shade. The pattern of humility displayed displayed in view of all beneath
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  the sky. He in the unchanging Excellence, arrayed, endless return to man's
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  first state, has made. Who knows how glory shines, yet loves disgrace
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  nor e'er, for it is pale. Behold his presence in a spacious vale
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  to which men come from all beneath the sky. The unchanging Excellence completes its
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  tail. The simple infant man in him we hail Chapter twenty eight, Section
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  two. The unwrought material, when divided and distributed, forms vessels. The
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  sage, when employed, becomes the head of all the officers of government,
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  and in his greatest regulations he employs no violent measures. Chapter twenty nine,
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  Section one. If anyone should wish to get the kingdom for himself, and
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  to affect this by what he does, I see that he will not succeed.
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  The kingdom is a spirit like thing and cannot be got by active doing.
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  He who would so win it destroys it. He who would hold it
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  in his grasp loses it. Chapter twenty nine, Section two. The course
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  and nature of things is such that what was in front is now behind what
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  warmed anon we freezing find strength is of weakness. Off the spoil. The
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  store in ruins mocks our toil. Hence the sage puts away excessive effort,
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  extravagance, and easy indulgence. Chapter thirty, Section one. He who would
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  assist a lord of men in harmony with the Tao will not assert his mastery
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  in the kingdom by force of arms. Such a course is sure to meet
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  with its proper return. Chapter thirty, section two. Wherever a host is
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  stationed, briars and thorns spring up in the sequence of great armies, there
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  are sure to be bad years. Chapter thirty Section three. Skillful commander strikes
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  a decisive blow and stops. He does not dare by continuing his operations to
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  assert and complete his mastery. He will strike the blow, but will be
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  on his guard against being vain or boastful, or arrogant. In consequence of
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  it. He strikes it. As a matter of necessity. He strikes it,
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  but not from a wish for mastery. Chapter thirty, section four.
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  When things have attained their strong maturity, they become old. This may be
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  said to be not in accordance with the Tao, And what is not in
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  accordance with it soon comes to an end. Chapter thirty one, Section one.
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  Now, arms, however beautiful, are instruments of evil omen hateful,
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  it may be said to all creatures. Therefore, they who have the Tao
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  do not like to employ them. Chapter thirty one, Section two. The
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  superior man ordinarily considers the left hand the most honorable place, but in time
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  of war the right hand. Those sharp weapons are instruments of evil omen,
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  and not the instruments of the superior man. He uses them only on the
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  compulsion of necessity. Calm and repose are what he prizes. Victory by force
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  of arms is to him undesirable. To consider this desirable would be to delight
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  in the slaughter of men. And he who delights in the slaughter of men
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  cannot get his will in the kingdom Chapter thirty one, section three. On
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  occasions of festivity, to be on the left hand is the prized position.
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  On occasions of mourning the right hand. The second in command of the army
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  has his place on the left. The general commanding in chief has his on
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  the right. His place, that is, is assigned to him. As
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  in the rights of mourning. He who has killed multitudes of men should weep
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  for them with the bitterest grief, And the victor in battle has his place
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  rightly according to those rights. Chapter thirty two, Section one. The Tao,
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  considered as unchanging, has no name Chapter thirty two, section two.
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  Though in its primordial simplicity it may be small, the whole world dares not
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  deal with one embodying it as a minister. If a feudal prince or the
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  king could guard and hold it, all would spontaneously submit themselves to him.
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  Chapter thirty two, Section three. Heaven and Earth, under its guidance,
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  unite together and send down the sweet dew, which, without the directtionctions of
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  men, reaches equally everywhere as of its own accord. Chapter thirty two,
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  section four. As soon as it proceeds to action, it has a name.
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  When it once has that name, men can know to rest in it.
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  When they know to rest in it, they can be free from all
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  risk of failure and error. Chapter thirty two, Section five. The relation
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  of the Tao to all the world is like that of the great rivers and
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  sees to the streams from the valleys. Chapter thirty three, Section one.
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  He who knows other men is discerning. He who knows himself is intelligent.
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  He who overcomes others is strong. He who overcomes himself is mighty. He
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  who is satisfied with his lot is rich. He who goes on acting with
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  energy has a firm will. Chapter thirty three, Section two. He who
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  does not fail in the requirements of his position continues long. He who dies
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  and yet does not perish has longevity. Chapter thirty four, Section one.
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  All pervading is the great Tao. It may be found on the left hand
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  and on the right. Chapter thirty four, Section two. All things depend
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  on it for their production, which it gives to them, not one refusing
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  obedience to it. When its work is accomplished, it does not claim the
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  name of having done it. It clothes all things as with a garment,
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  and makes no assumption of being their lord. It may be named in the
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  smallest things. All things return to their root and disappear, and do not
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  know that it is it which presides over their doing. So it may be
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  named in the greatest things. Chapter thirty four, section three. Hence the
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  Sage is able in the same way to accomplish his great achievements. It is
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  through his not making himself great that he can accomplish them. Chapter thirty five,
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  Section one. To him who holds in his hands the great image of
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  the invisible Tao, the whole world repairs. Men resort to him and receive
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  no hurt, but find rest, peace and the feeling of ease. Chapter
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  thirty five, Section two. Music and dainties will make the passing guests stop
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  for a time. But though the Tao as it comes from the mouth seems
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  insipid and has no flavor, though it seems not worth being looked at or
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  listened to, the use of it is Inexhaustibleapter thirty six, Section one.
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  When one is about to take an inspiration, he is sure to make a
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  previous expiration. When he is going to weaken another, he will first strengthen
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  him. When he is going to overthrow another, he will first have raised
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  him up. When he is going to despoil another, he will first have
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  made gifts to him. This is called hiding the light of his procedure.
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  Chapter thirty six, Section two. The soft overcomes the hard, and the
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  weak the strong. Chapter thirty six, Section three. Fishes should not be
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  taken from the deep. Instruments for the profit of a state should not be
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  shown to the people. Chapter thirty seven, Section one. The Tao in
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  its regular course does nothing for the sake of doing it, and so there
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  is nothing which it does not do. Chapter thirty seven, Section two.
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  If princes and kings were able to maintain it, all things would of themselves
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  be transformed by them. Chapter thirty seven, Section three. If this transformation
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  became to me an object of desire, I would express the desire by the
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  nameless simplicity. Simplicity without a name is free from all external aim, with
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  no desire at rest, and still all things go right as of their will.
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  End of Part one