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Verse 1: Body of the Way
Spoken words about the Dao do not say it all.
Nor does any word written convey its essence.
60: Holding Position
Govern the Nation,
as one would fry a small fish.
When the World is governed by Dao,
its “ghosts” do not stir.
Verse 36: Veiled Wisdom
Spread things out first
to facilitate bringing them together.
Strengthening
enables softening.
64: Preserving the Profound
When things are stable
it’s easy to handle them.
Before there are omens,
planning is easy.
Something that is still fragile
is easy to break apart.
What is emerging
is easily scattered.
81: Essence Revealed
Trustworthy speech is not beautiful,
beautified speech is not trustworthy.
Knowing is not expansive,
expansiveness is not-knowing.
Verse 23: Nothing is Everywhere
Shh! Just do it.
Morning winds fade.
The rainy day ends.
What makes it like this?
Nature.
Nothing Nature does lasts long,
How can what people do be any different?