of the Ocean.

    quot; loion (uniting opposites). to folloe course  departure from tao.  is muc is little? Be t. to folloo diverge from tao. Be exalted, as tate ion is impartial. Be at ease, as ty of tion is impartial. Be expansive, like ts of t a limit. Embrace all creation, and none sered or o be  bias. And all t? tao is  beginning,  end. terial t is taken for t. Emptiness and fullness alternate, and tions are not fixed. Past years cannot be recalled; time cannot be arrested. tion, goes in a cycle, eacrut every turn, at every  s s do? Let t;

    quot;If t; said t of t;ao?quot;

    quot;tand tao,quot; ans of t;must necessarily appreernal principles and ternal principles must understand tion. tand tion do not suffer material to injure t;t virtue cannot be burnt by fire, nor droer, nor  by ter or t of summer, nor torn by bird or beast. Not t  of t t es bety and danger, is ances alike, and cautious in ion, so t none can harm him.

    quot;t  ural) abides ificial) . Virtue abides in tural. Knoion of tural and of tificial s basis in tural its destination in virtue. ting, to tial and to timate.quot;

    quot; do you mean,quot; enquired t of t;by tural and tificial?quot;

    quot;; ans of t;. t is tural. Put a er on a ring t is tificial.

    quot;t  let tificial obliterate tural; do not let erate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame. Diligently observe ts  fail, and t to true.quot;

    tipede; tipede envies to tipede, quot;I  on one leg but not