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What (Tao's) skilful planter
plants
Can never be uptorn;
What his skilful arms enfold,
From him can ne'er be borne.
Sons shall
bring in lengthening line,
Sacrifices to his shrine.
Tao when nursed within one's self,
His vigour will make
true;
And where the family it rules
What riches will accrue!
The neighbourhood where it prevails
In thriving will
abound;
And when 'tis seen throughout the state,
Good fortune will be found.
Employ it the kingdom o'er,
And
men thrive all around.
In this way the effect will be seen in the person, by the
observation of different cases;
in the family; in the neighbourhood;
in the state; and in the kingdom.
How do I know that this
effect is sure to hold thus all under the
sky? By this (method of observation).
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