<span class="chinese-post-title">四十三</span> Chapter 43 from the <span class="chinese-post-title">道德經</span> Dào​dé​jīng

四十三

天下之至柔，
馳騁天下之至堅。
無有入無間，
吾是以知無為之有益。
不言之教，
無為之益
天下希及之。

老子

"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.
There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action."

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