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The Tao, considered as
unchanging, has no name.
Though in its primordial simplicity it may be
small, the whole
world dares not deal with (one embodying) it as a minister. If a
feudal prince or the king could guard
and hold it, all would
spontaneously submit themselves to him.
Heaven
and Earth (under its guidance) unite together and send down
the sweet dew, which, without the directions of men, reaches
equally
everywhere as of its own accord.
As soon as it proceeds to action,
it has a name. When it once has
that name, (men) can know to rest in it. When they know to rest in
it, they can be free
from all risk of failure and error.
The relation of the Tao to all the
world is like that of the great
rivers and seas to the streams from the valleys.
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