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大道氾兮，其可左右。萬物恃之而生而不辭，功成不名有，衣養萬物而不為主。常無欲，可名於小；萬物歸焉而不為主，可名為大。以其終不自為大，故能成其大。The great Way flows everywhere; it can go left or right. The ten thousand things depend on it for life, and it does not turn them away; its work done, it claims no name; it clothes and nourishes the ten thousand things but does not act as their master. Ever without desire, it can be called small; the ten thousand things return to it, yet it does not act as their master, and it can be called great. Because to the end it never makes itself great, it can achieve greatness.
白Plain Chinese
大道广泛流行啊，可左可右，无所不到。万物依靠它生长而它不推辞，功业成了不据为己有，养育万物而不做主宰。它永远没有欲求，可以称它为小；万物归附它而它不做主宰，可以称它为大。正因为它始终不自以为大，所以能成就它的大。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Wang Bi; it will be checked when the chapter is taught.
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