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"Imagine a nebulous thing here before Heaven and Earth silent and elusive it stands alone not wavering it travels everywhere unharmed it could be the mother of us all not knowing its name I call it the Tao forced to name it I name it Great great means ever-flowing ever-flowing means far-reaching far-reaching means returning the Tao is great Heaven is great Earth is great the king is also great the realm contains four greats of these the king is one Man imitates Earth Earth imitates Heaven Heaven imitates the Tao the Tao imitates itself"