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"Keeping one's ying poh and embracing the One, Can man not depart from it?* Breathing intensely to induce softness, Can man be like an infant?** The mystic vision being pure and clean, Can it be without flaw?*3* Loving the people and governing the state, Can man be without action?*4* Opening and closing the gate of heaven, Can it not be the female?*5* Discerning and understanding the four corners, Can man do so without knowledge?*6* To produce and to raise;*7* To produce without possessing; To act without asserting; To develop without controlling; This is called the profound virtue.*8*"

Author

Lao Tzu

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English

"Keeping one's ying poh and embracing the One, Can man not depart from it?* Breathing intensely to induce softness, Can man be like an infant?** The mystic vision being pure and clean, Can it be without flaw?*3* Loving the people and governing the state, Can man be without action?*4* Opening and closing the gate of heaven, Can it not be the female?*5* Discerning and understanding the four corners, Can man do so without knowledge?*6* To produce and to raise;*7* To produce without possessing; To act without asserting; To develop without controlling; This is called the profound virtue.*8*"

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