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Who knows his manhood's
strength,
Yet still his female feebleness maintains;
As to one channel flow the many drains,
All come to him, yea,
all beneath the sky.
Thus he the constant excellence retains;
The simple child again, free from all stains.
Who knows how white attracts,
Yet always keeps himself within black's shade,
The pattern of humility
displayed,
Displayed in view of all beneath the sky;
He in the unchanging excellence arrayed,
Endless return to man's
first state has made.
Who knows how glory shines,
Yet loves disgrace, nor e'er for it is pale;
Behold his presence
in a spacious vale,
To which men come from all beneath the sky.
The unchanging excellence completes its tale;
The
simple infant man in him we hail.
The unwrought material, when divided
and distributed, forms
vessels. The sage, when employed, becomes the Head of all the
Officers (of government); and in
his greatest regulations he employs
no violent measures.
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