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"When all under Heaven know beauty as beauty, There is ugliness. When all know good as good, There is the not good. Being and Nonbeing generate one another; Difficult and easy complement one another; Long and short give form to one another; High and low depend on one another; Music and voice harmonize one another; Front and rear follow one another: These are constant. That is why The sage handles affairs by Non-doing (wuwei), And practices teaching by not speaking. He lets all things happen but does not initiate, Lets them grow but does not possess, Gets things done but does not take advantage, Achieves his goal but claims no credit. Just because he claims no credit, His credit does not go away."