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61: Proof of Integrity
The great nation
is downstream.
The World’s receptivity
is its threshold.
56: Profound Integrity
Knowing is speechless.
Speaking is not knowing.
Shut one’s eyes and ears,
Block one’s gates,
Harmonize one’s vastness,
Unify one’s dusts,
Nourish one’s basin,
Eliminates one’s agitation.
Verse 21: Empty Heart-Mind
True virtue’s appearance
is only from the Dao.
The Dao’s form is vague and indistinct.
Verse 17: Simple, Sincere Conduct
The ultimate Weavers of the Way?
No one even knows they’re here.
Verse 18: Weak Practice
When the Way is neglected,
values of charity and virtue appear.
Wisdom and understanding emerge
together with great delusion.
Verse 38: Discussing Integrity
Superior integrity is not virtuous,
this is how it has integrity.
Inferior integrity does not lose virtue,
this is how it lacks integrity.