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GOOD walking leaves no track behind it;
Good speech leaves no mark
to be picked at;
Good calculation makes no use of
counting-slips;
Good shutting makes no use of bolt and bar,
And yet
nobody can undo it;
Good tying makes no use of rope and knot,
And
yet nobody can untie it.
Hence, the Sage is always good at saving men,
And therefore nobody
is abandoned;
Always good at saving things,
And therefore nothing is
wasted.
This is called "following the guidance of the Inner
Light."
Hence, good men are teachers of bad men,
While bad men are the
charge of good men.
Not to revere one's teacher,
Not to cherish
one's charge,
Is to be on the wrong road, however intelligent
one
may be.
This is an essential tenet of the Tao.
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