~{ 致虚极，守静笃。~}
~{ 万物并作，吾以观复。~}
~{ 夫物芸芸，各复归其根。归根曰静，静曰复命。复命曰常，知常~}
~{曰明。不知常，妄作凶。~}
~{ 知常容，容乃公，公乃全，全乃天，天乃道，道乃久，没身不殆~}
16. Decay and Renewal
Empty the self completely;
Embrace perfect peace.
The world will rise and move;
Watch it return to rest.
All the flourishing things
Will return to their source.
This return is peaceful;
It is the tide of nature,
An eternal decay and renewal.
Accepting this brings contentment,
Ignoring it brings misery.
Who accepts nature's tide becomes all-cherishing;
Being all-cherishing he becomes impartial;
Being impartial he becomes magnanimous;
Being magnanimous he becomes natural;
Being natural he becomes one with flow;
Being one with flow he becomes immortal:
Though his body will decay, flow will not.
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