Chapter 47
不出户
不出户，
知天下；
不窥牖，
见天道。
其出弥远，
其知弥少。
是以圣人不行而知，
不见而明，
不为而成。
Without going out your door, know the world; without looking out the window, know the Dao of Tian. The further you travel, the less you know. Hence the sage knows without going to it, names it without seeing, does nothing and it is achieved.
A modern classroom translation, with labeled subsections for study.
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