| True virtue is not virtuous Therefore it has virtue. Superficial virtue never fails to be virtuous Therefore it has no virtue. True virtue does not "act" And has no intentions. Superficial virtue "acts" And always has intentions. True jen "acts" But has no intentions. True righteousness "acts" But but has intentions. True propriety "acts" and if you don't respond They will roll up their sleeves and threaten you. Thus, when the Tao is lost there is virtue When virtue is lost there is jen When jen is lost there is Justice And when Justice is lost there is propriety. Now "propriety" is the external appearance of loyalty and sincerity And the beginning of disorder. Occult abilities are just flowers of the Tao And the beginning of foolishness. Therefore the Master dwells in the substantial And not in the superficial. Rests in the fruit and not in the flower. So let go of that and grasp this. |
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