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  Chapters forty six through fifty four. Chapter forty six, Section one. When
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  the Tao prevails in the world, they send back their swift horses to draw
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  the dung carts. When the Tao is disregarded in the world, the war
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  horses breed in the border lands. Chapter forty six, Section two. There
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  is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition, no calamity greater than to be
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  discontented with one's lot, no fault greater than the wish to be getting.
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  Therefore, the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency Chapter forty seven,
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  Section one. Without going outside his door, one understands all that takes
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  place under the sky. Without looking out from his window, one sees the
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  Tao of heaven. The farther that one goes out from himself, the less
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  he knows. Chapter forty seven, Section two. Therefore, the sages got
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  their knowledge without traveling, gave their right names to things without seeing them,
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  and accomplished their ends without any purpose of doing so. Chapter forty eight,
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  Section one. He who devotes himself to learning seeks from day to day to
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  increase his knowledge. He who devotes himself to the Tao seeks from day to
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  day to diminish his doing Chapter forty eight, Section two. He diminishes it,
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  and again diminishes it till he arrives at doing nothing on purpose. Having
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  arrived at this point of non action, there is nothing which he does not
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  do. Chapter forty eight, Section three. He who gets as his own
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  all under heaven, does so by giving himself no trouble with that end.
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  If one take trouble with that end, he is not equal to getting as
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  his own all under heaven. Chapter forty nine, Section one. The Sage
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  has no invariable mind of his own. He makes the mind of the people
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  his mind. Chapter forty nine, Section two. To those who are good
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  to me, I am good, and to those who are not good to
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  me, I am also good, and thus all get to be good.
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  To those who are sincere with me, I am sincere, and to those
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  who are not sincere with me, I am also sincere, and thus all
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  get to be sincere. Chapter forty nine, Section three. The Sage has
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  in the world world an appearance of indecision, and keeps his mind in a
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  state of indifference to all the people. All keep their eyes and ears directed
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  to him, and he deals with them all as his children. Chapter fifty
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  Section one. Men come forth and live, they enter again and die.
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  Chapter fifty Section two. Of every ten, three are ministers of life to
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  themselves, and three are ministers of death. Chapter fifty section three. There
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  are also three in every ten whose aim is to live, but whose movements
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  tend to the land or place of death. And for what reason, because
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  of their excessive endeavors to perpetuate life Chapter fifty section four. But I have
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  heard that he who is skillful in managing the life entrusted to him for a
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  time, travels on the land without having to shun rhinoceros or tiger, and
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  enters a host without having to avoid buff coat or sharp weapon. The rhinoceros
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  finds no place in him into which to thrust its horn, nor the tiger
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  a place in which to fix its claws, nor the weapon a place to
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  admit its point. And for what reason, because there is in him no
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  place of death. Chapter fifty one, Section one. All things are produced
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  by the Tao and nourished by its outflowing operation. They receive their forms according
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  to the nature of each and are completed according to the circumstances of their condition.
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  Therefore, all things, without exception honor the Tao and exalt its outflowing
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  operation. Chapter fifty one, section two. This honoring of the Tao and
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  exalting of its operation is not the result of any ordination, but always a
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  spontaneous tribute. Chapter fifty one, section three. Thus it is that the
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  Tao produces all things, nourishes them, brings them to their full growth,
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  nurses them, completes them, matures them, maintains them, and overspreads them.
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  Chapter fifty one, Section four. It produces them and makes no claim
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  to the possession of them. It carries them through their processes and does not
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  vaunt its ability in doing so. It brings them to maturity and exercises no
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  control over them. This is called its mysterious operation. Chapter fifty two,
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  Section one. The Tao, which originated all under the sky, is to
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  be considered as the mother of them all Chapter fifty two, Section two.
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  When the mother is found, we know what her children should be. When
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  one knows that he is his mother's child and proceeds to guard the qualities of
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  the mother that belong to him to the end of his life, he will
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  be free from all peril. Chapter fifty two, Section three. Let him
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  keep his mouth closed and shut up the portals of his nostrils, and all
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  his life he will be exempt from laborious exertion. Let him keep his mouth
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  open and spend his breath in the promotion of his affairs, and all his
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  life there will be no safety for him. Chapter fifty two, Section four.
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  The perception of what is small is the secret of clear sightedness. The
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  guarding of what is soft and tender is the secret of strengthty x two.
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  Section five. Who uses well his light, reverting to its source so bright,
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  will from his body ward all blight, and hides the unchanging from men's
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  sight. Chapter fifty three, Section one. If I were suddenly to become
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  known and put into a position to conduct a government according to the Great Tao,
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  what I should be most afraid of would be a boastful display. Chapter
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  fifty three, Section two. The Great Tao or way is very level and
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  easy, but people love the byways. Chapter fifty three, Section three.
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  Their courtyards and buildings shall be well kept, but their fields shall be ill
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  cultivated, and their granaries very empty. They shall wear elegant and ornamented robes,
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  carry a sharp sword at their girdle, pamper themselves in eating and drinking,
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  and have a superabundance of property and wealth. Such princes may be called
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  robbers and boasters. This is contrary to the Tao. Surely Chapter fifty four,
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  Section one. What Tao's skillful planter plants can never be uptorn, what
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  his skillful arms enfold from him can ne'er be borne. Sons shall bring in
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  lengthening line sacrifices to his shrine. Chapter fifty four, Section two. Tao,
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  when nursed within one's self, his vigor will make true. And where
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  the family it rules, what riches will accrue, the neighborhood, where it
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  prevails in thriving will abound. And when tis seen throughout the state, good
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  fortune will be found. Employ it the kingdom oer and men thrive all around
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  Chapter fifty four, Section three. In this way, the effect will be
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  seen in the person by the observation of different cases in the family, in
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  the neighborhood, in the state, and in the kingdom. Chapter fifty four,
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  Section four. How do I know that this effect is sure to hold
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  thus all under the sky by this method of observation. End of chapter fifty four