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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Outer Chapters -> The Way of Heaven -> 8

The Master said,
'The Dao
does not exhaust itself in what is greatest,
nor is it ever absent from what is least;
and therefore it is to be found complete and diffused in all things.
How wide is its universal comprehension!
How deep is its unfathomableness!
The embodiment of its attributes in benevolence and righteousness
is but a small result of its spirit-like (working);
but it is only the perfect man who can determine this.
The perfect man has (the charge of) the world - is not the charge great?
and yet it is not sufficient to embarrass him.
天下He wields the handle of power over the whole world, and yet it is nothing to him.
His discrimination detects everything false, and no consideration of gain moves him.
He penetrates to the truth of things,
and can guard that which is fundamental.
So it is that heaven and earth are external to him,
and he views all things with indifference,
and his spirit is never straitened by them.
He has comprehended the Dao,
and is in harmony with its characteristics;
退 he pushes back benevolence and righteousness (into their proper place),
and deals with ceremonies and music as (simply) guests:
。」yes, the mind of the perfect man determines all things aright.'


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