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"Tao everlasting (ch'ang) does not act (wu wei), And yet nothing is not done (erh wu pu wei). If kings and barons can abide by (shou) it, The ten thousand things will transform by themselves (tzu hua). If in transforming desire (yü) is aroused, I shall suppress it by the nameless uncarved wood (p'u). With the nameless uncarved wood, There shall be no desire (wu yü). Without desire there is thus quietude (ching). The world shall be self-ordered (tzu ting)."