Chapter 39
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Laozi and James Legge
39. 1. The things which from of old have got the One (the Tao) are—
Heaven which by it is bright and pure; Earth rendered thereby firm and sure; Spirits with powers by it supplied; Valleys kept full throughout their void All creatures which through it do live Princes and kings who from it get The model which to all they give.
All these are the results of the One (Tao).