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    "num": 65,
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    "title": "Chapter 65 — Governing With Simplicity",
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    "text": "## Chapter 65\n\n\nThe ancients who showed their skill in practising the Tao did\nso, not to enlighten the people, but rather to make them simple and\nignorant.\n\nThe difficulty in governing the people arises from their having\nmuch knowledge. He who (tries to) govern a state by his wisdom is a\nscourge to it; while he who does not (try to) do so is a blessing.\n\nHe who knows these two things finds in them also his model and\nrule. Ability to know this model and rule constitutes what we call\nthe mysterious excellence (of a governor). Deep and far-reaching is\nsuch mysterious excellence, showing indeed its possessor as opposite\nto others, but leading them to a great conformity to him.",
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