Chapter 62
道者万物之奥
a> The Dao is the altar of the things of the world. It is the treasure of the good person and the protection of the bad person.
Fine words can be marketed; honorable conduct can add to one’s rank. As for the bad person, how can they be abandoned?
a> Hence when the Son of Tian assumes the throne, in appointing the three high ministers, he who bears the jade disk of court and presents a team of horses is not esteemed so much as he who sits in place and offers this dao.
a> Why was this dao so esteemed in the past? Is it not said that by means of it one will get what one seeks, and transgressors will evade punishment? Hence it was esteemed by the world.
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