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"The features (yung) of the vast (k'ung) Te, Follows entirely (wei) from Tao. Tao as a thing, Is entirely illusive (huang) and evasive (hu). Evasive and illusive, In it there is image (hsiang). Illusive and evasive, In it there is thinghood (wu). Dark and dim, In it there is life seed (ching). Its life seed being very genuine (chen), In it there is growth power (hsin). As it is today, so it was in the days of old (ku), Its name goes not away (ch'ü), So that we may survey (yüeh) the origins of the many (chung fu). How do I know that the origins of the many are such? Because of this."