Chapter 28

Encompass the male but reside within the female.

In the world, be a valley,

a source of waters, pure:

an infant.

Know cleanness, but affirm even filth.

The stream, but also the bank.

The water and its channel.

The spring and the fall.

The origin and the outcome.

Gaze upon the white, but always from within the darkness

that has no borders.

There you will find your essence.

The sage is not an official.

The block of wood is not a tool.

The fabric is not clothing.

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