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天下之至柔，馳騁天下之至堅。無有入無間，吾是以知無為之有益。不言之教，無為之益，天下希及之。The softest thing in the world gallops through the hardest. What has no substance enters where there is no gap. From this I know the benefit of doing without contrivance. The teaching without words and the benefit of doing without contrivance: few in the world attain them.
白Plain Chinese
天下最柔弱的东西，能驰骋于天下最坚硬的东西之中。无形的东西能进入没有间隙的地方，我因此知道无为的益处。不言的教导，无为的益处，天下很少能做到。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Wang Bi; it will be checked when the chapter is taught.
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