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道德經 Dao De Jing [Tao Te Ching]

Chapter 40: Dispensing with the Use (of Means)

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	去用	Dispensing with the Use (of Means)	Avoiding Activity	Avoiding Activity
1	反者道之动；弱者道之用。	The movement of the Dao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Dao's mighty deeds.	"Homeward is Reason's course, Weakness is Reason's force."	Retirement is characteristic of Dao just as weakness appears to be a characteristic of its activity.
2	天下万物生于有，有生于无。	All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).	Heaven and earth and the ten thousand things come from existence, but existence comes from non-existence.	Heaven and earth and everything are produced from existence, but existence comes from nonexistence.

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Dispensing with the Use (of Means)

Avoiding Activity

反者道之动；弱者道之用。

The movement of the Dao
By contraries proceeds;
And weakness marks the course
Of Dao's mighty deeds.

"Homeward is Reason's course,
Weakness is Reason's force."

Retirement is characteristic of Dao just as weakness appears to be a characteristic of its activity.

天下万物生于有，有生于无。

All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named);
that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).

Heaven and earth and the ten thousand things come from existence, but existence comes from non-existence.

Heaven and earth and everything are produced from existence, but existence comes from nonexistence.