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THERE was Something undefined and yet complete
in
itself,
Born before Heaven-and-Earth.
Silent and boundless,
Standing alone without change,
Yet
pervading all without fail,
It may be regarded as the Mother of the
world.
I do not know its name;
I style it "Tao";
And, in the
absence of a better word, call it
"The Great."
To be great is to go on,
To go on is to be far,
To be far is to
return.
Hence, "Tao is great,
Heaven is great,
Earth is great,
King is
great."
Thus, the king is one of the great four in the Universe.
Man follows the ways of the Earth.
The Earth follows the ways of
Heaven,
Heaven follows the ways of Tao,
Tao follows its own ways.
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