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62: For the Dao
Dao pours into everything.
The Wise maintain it,
The Unwise are maintained by it.
43: Universal Utility
Nature’s softest,
overpowers nature’s hardest.
Yin and Yang join seamlessly.
Verse 3: Cherishing People
Refrain from making a big deal about talent;
ordinary people won’t compete for recognition.
Make something important difficult to obtain
and people will be tempted to steal 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.
59: Preserving Dao
In Regulating the Person,
or Attending to Heaven,
Conservation is best.
75: Greed Harms
A person’s hunger,
Is because the taxes on food are high.
This is how there is hunger.
Common people’s disorder,
Is because their superior is too active.
This is how the superior doesn’t regulate them.