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Tao Te Ching 43

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Taoism & Chinese Folk Religion · Taoist Classics

Tao Te Ching 43

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The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest; that which has no (substantial) existence enters where there is no crevice. I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing (with a purpose).
天下之至柔,馳騁天下之至堅。無有入無閒,吾是以知無為之有益。不言之教,無為之益,天下希及之。
There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action.
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Sources & credits: Legge · Chinese

Legge — Tao Te Ching (James Legge) (1891). Public Domain. Translated by James Legge (1891), public domain; Project Gutenberg #216. Source

Chinese — 道德經 (Classical Chinese) (c. 4th century BCE). Public Domain. Chinese text, Project Gutenberg #24039, public domain. Source