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Chapter 32 |
道常無名，樸雖小，天下莫能臣也，侯王若能守之，萬物將自賓。天地相合，以降甘露，民莫之令而自均。始制有名，名亦既有，夫亦將知止，知止，可以不殆，譬道之在天下，猶川谷之與江海。 |
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dao chang wu ming |
Dao always falls in the world beyond knowledge. No one is sure what will happen to counter-act the unnatural development in society. |
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pu sui xiao, tian xia |
Although the people of the lower class of society live a very humble life, they will not surrender and will be defiant. |
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hou wang ruo neng shou zhi, wan wu jiang zi bin |
If the lords and the emperor change their mentality and return to holding fast to dao for their countries, all people will then behave. |
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tian di xiang he, yi |
When the condition of the atmosphere is right, it will cause sweet dew to condense. |
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min mo zhi ling er zi |
The condensed sweet dew will be evenly distributed disregarding any human manipulation. Equality is natural. |
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shi zhi you ming |
Ever since the very early people established a socio-political structure for society, there had come titles and fame. |
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ming yi ji you, fu yi |
Now you have already enjoyed your titles and fame. You should know where to stop. |
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zhi zhi, ke yi bu dai |
When you know where to stop, you will be able to last. |
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pi dao zhi zai tian xia, |
Behaving like the Great Nature, you should have the vast capacity to receive the people like the river and the sea to receive well the water coming from the valleys. |