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TAO is always nameless.
Small as it is in its Primal
Simplicity,
It is inferior to nothing in the world.
If only a ruler
could cling to it,
Everything will render homage to him.
Heaven and
Earth will be harmonised
And send down sweet dew.
Peace and order
will reign among the people
Without any command from above.
When once the Primal Simplicity diversified,
Different names
appeared.
Are there not enough names now?
Is this not the time to stop?
To know when to stop is to preserve
ourselves from
danger.
The Tao is to the world what a great
river or an ocean
is to the streams and brooks.
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