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15.What I mean <strong>by</strong> perfection is not what is meant <strong>by</strong>charity and duty to one's neighbour. It is found in thecultivation <strong>of</strong> Tao. And those whom I regard ascultivators <strong>of</strong> Tao are not those who cultivate charity andduty to one's neighbour. <strong>The</strong>y are those who yield to thenatural conditions <strong>of</strong> things. What I call perfection <strong>of</strong>hearing is not hearing others, but oneself. What I callperfection <strong>of</strong> vision is not seeing others, but oneself. Fora man who sees not himself, but others, takes notpossession <strong>of</strong> himself, but <strong>of</strong> others, thus taking whatothers should take and not what he himself should take.Instead <strong>of</strong> being himself, he in fact becomes some oneelse.16.Ts'ui Chu asked Lao saying: “If the empire is not to begoverned, how are men's hearts to be kept in order?"“Be careful," replied Lao “not to interfere with thenatural goodness <strong>of</strong> the heart <strong>of</strong> man. Man's heart maybe forced down or stirred up. In each case the issue isfatal."

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