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Connect
Heaven and Earth to govern the country.
Disconnect Heaven and Earth to use your weapons.
By
means of not working, you can take hold of Heaven below (the sacred
body).
I know this to be so!
In
Heaven below, excess restrictions and prohibitions increase poverty.
People have an excess of sharp weapons, the country's families
are in great disorder.
If
people are more skillful at being cunning, more abnormal things
arise.
Law and order become more and more prominent.
Robbers and thieves appear.
Thus
the sage speaks:
I
practice not doing (wu wei) and the people naturally transform.
I welcome peace and the people naturally create a connection between
Heaven and Earth.
I do not interfere and the people are naturally wealthy.
I am without desires and the people are naturally pure like uncarved
wood or uncut jade.
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