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The Tao Teh King (Tao Te Ching) — Lao-tze, trans. James Legge

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The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.Tao Te Ching, Ch. 1, trans. James Legge

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