| 51.1.1 |
Tao breeds it,
and virtue harnesses
it. |
| 51.1.2 |
Things shape it,
and forms shaped accomplish
it. |
| 51.2.1 |
This is why all things (in creation) honor Tao
and value virtue. |
| 51.2.2 |
(This) honor of Tao,
(and) noble value of
virtue,
though no one confers a noble rank (to them), are always
(so) naturally. |
| 51.3.1 |
So
Tao breeds it,
(and) harnesses it. |
|
Grows it (and) smoothes its (way).
Rears it
to be upright (and) disciplines it.
Feeds it (and) shelters
it. |
| 51.3.2 |
To
be and not to
have.
Do (things) but (do) not presume (as
the doer).
(Be) elder but do not dominate. |
| 51.3.3 |
This is called the virtue (and gaining) of Hsuan. |
