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    "title": "Chapter 2 — The Self-Contained Sage",
    "of": 81,
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    "text": "## Chapter 2\n\n\nAll in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing\nthis they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill\nof the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the\nwant of skill is.\n\nSo it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to\n(the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the\nidea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the\nfigure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from\nthe contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and\ntones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and\nthat being before and behind give the idea of one following another.\n\nTherefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and\nconveys his instructions without the use of speech.\n\nAll things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show\nitself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership;\nthey go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a\nreward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no\nresting in it (as an achievement).\n\nThe work is done, but how no one can see;\n 'Tis this that makes the power not cease to be.",
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