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"There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, Born before Heaven and Earth, Soundless and formless, Independent and unchanging. Revolving endlessly, It may be thought of as the Mother of all under Heaven. I do not know its name; So I just call it Dao, And arbitrarily name it Great. To be Great means to move on and on; To move on and on means to go far and wide; To go far and wide means to return. Thus, Dao is great; Heaven is great; Earth is great; Man is also great. The universe has four great ones, And Man is one of them. Man follows the ways of Earth; Earth follows the ways of Heaven; Heaven follows the ways of Dao; Dao follows its own ways."