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"The countenance of a person of high moral cultivation comes from living according to the Tao. The phenomenon of Tao is so elusive and evanescent. Evanescent and elusive it is, yet there is a form contained within. Elusive and evanescent, yet there is substance within. So vacant and so dark, yet there is a vital essence (ching1) within. This vital essence is very real; For within is the proof. From the past to the present its name has not been obliterated, because it is evident in the origin of all things. How do I know the circumstances of the origin of all things? Exactly by this phenomenon."
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Lao TzuBook
Tao Te Ching
Version: 11