Book 1, Chapter 15 : 
People of Power
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Author : Laozi (Lao-Tzu)

Translator : Ursula K. Le Guin

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Once upon a time

people who knew the Way

were subtle, spiritual, mysterious, penetrating,

unfathomable.



Since they’re inexplicable

I can only say what they seemed like:

Cautious, oh yes, as if wading through a winter river.

Alert, as if afraid of the neighbors.

Polite and quiet, like houseguests.

Elusive, like melting ice.

Blank, like uncut wood.

Empty, like valleys.

Mysterious, oh yes, they were like troubled water.[10]



Who can by stillness, little by little

make what is troubled grow clear?

Who can by movement, little by little

make what is still grow quick?



To follow the Way

is not to need fulfillment.

Unfulfilled, one may live on

needing no renewal.



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     Book 1, Chapter 15 -- Added : November 06, 2021

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