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THE Tao is the hidden Reservoir of all things.
A treasure to the
honest, it is a safeguard to
the erring.
A good word will find its own market.
A good deed may be used as a
gift to another.
That a man is straying from the right path
Is no
reason that he should be cast away.
Hence, at the Enthronement of an Emperor,
Or at the Installation of
the Three Ministers,
Let others offer their discs of jade, following it
up
with teams of horses;
It is better for you to offer the Tao
without moving
your feet!
Why did the ancients prize the Tao?
Is it not because by virtue of
it he who seeks finds,
And the guilty are forgiven?
That is why it
is such a treasure to the world.
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