Can body and soul united
never sever?
Can the controlled breath be
softened as a baby's?
Can the purified mental mirror be
free from blemish?
Can a people-loving ruler not interfere in the state affairs?
Can the lower doors not open and close
as the upper doors in the heaven?
Is it possible to understand and make
understand without knowledge?
Give life and make live,
but lay no claim,
benefit but do not interfere,
lead but do not rule,
Such is the mysterious virtue.
载营魄抱一，能无离乎？
专气致柔，能婴儿乎？
涤除玄览，能无疵乎？
爱民治国，能无智乎？
天门开阖，能为雌乎？
明白四达，能无知乎？
（生之畜之，生而不有，为而不恃，长而不宰。是为玄德。）
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