| 16.1.1 |
Effect to blank (the
mind) perseveringly.
Keep to the middle absorbedly. |
| 16.1.2 |
(When) all things just
rise,
reside to await (their) returning. |
| 16.1.3 |
(Since) the way of heaven
(goes) round (and) round,
(therefore all things will) each
returns back to its root. |
| 16.2.1 |
Back to its root is to
say (back to) silence.
This is called returning to life. |
| 16.2.2 |
Returning to life is said
to be the ordinary (way). |
| 16.2.3 |
Knowing the ordinary
(way) is said to be (having an) enlightened (sense). |
| 16.3.1 |
Not knowing the ordinary
(way),
(then one) arbitrarily acts ominously. |
| 16.3.2 |
Knowing the ordinary (way
then one is) tolerating.
(To be) tolerating then (one can be)
just. |
|
(To be) just then (one
can be) king.
(To be) king is (to be equal to) heaven. |
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(To be equal to) heaven
is (to be one with) Tao.
(To be one with) Tao is (to be) long
lasting. |
| 16.3.3 |
(Then even) without (the
stability of your) body, (you will) not be
endangered. |
