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Verse 30: Judicious Force
One who uses the Dao
in service to the Leader
does not want force to be
used on the World.
Verse 10: Can it be?
Sustain the unity of Yang and Yin,
Can it be separated?
Caress and soften the breath,
Can it be pure and united?
78: The Burden of Truth
Under Heaven, nothing is
more yielding than water,
And in handling the unyielding,
There is nothing that can surpass it.
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.
65: Pure Integrity
Thus it is said:
Those who weave the Way,
do not do so through “conceptualizing ‘people,’”
but through their not-knowing.
Verse 8: Effortless Nature
The highest virtues are like Water.
Water’s virtue is to benefit all things,
not strive against them.
It rests in places people consider foul.
Thus, it is like the Dao.