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"One who knows does not speak, One who speaks does not know. Stop the apertures, Close the door; Blunt the sharp, Untie the entangled; Harmonize the bright, Make identical the dust. This is called the mystical identity (hsüan t'ung). Therefore with this person you cannot get intimate (ch'in), Cannot get distant, Cannot benefit, Cannot harm, Cannot exalt, Cannot humiliate. Therefore such person is the exalted of the world."