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"Tao is constantly nameless. Though the unhewn wood is small,* No one in the world dares to subjugate it. If dukes and kings can keep it, All things will become guests by themselves.** Heaven and earth conjugate*3* in dropping sweet dew; People without being ordered are fair to each other.*4* In the beginning of creation, all were given names. Having names, they know their limits. Knowing their limits keeps them from danger.*5* Thus Tao is to the world As brooks and valleys are to rivers and seas."