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Verse 4: Without Origin
The Dao flows from a bottomless vessel,
Throughout eternity, it cannot be depleted.
So deep!
It is the wellspring of all that is.
73: Appointed
Resolve with certainty is the point,
Resolve without certainty is the nock.
Each of these brings benefit and harm.
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.
80: Standing Alone
A small state with few people.
If 1,000 people were to have tools,
and yet make no use of them;
If the people feared death
and moved away;
There would be chariots,
and nowhere to ride them;
There would be soldiers,
and no place to form ranks.
Verse 14: Praising the Mystery
Vision without sight: “profound.”
Hearing without listening: “silent.”
Holding without gaining: “formless”
Verse 39: Source Principle
Not wanting to appear as a precious gem,
pretending to be coarse like a mountain boulder.
Because accumulating honors is dishonorable.
It isn’t really a “basis of lowliness,” is it?