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To return is the movement of the Way;
to yield is the operation of the Way.
The ten thousand things are born of necessity;
necessity is born of emptiness.
chapter notes:
As this chapter is so short, repurposing it was touchy. I managed two gratuitous computer allusions and a hint at a modern proverb, but on the whole, it is still a central comment on the basic philosophy.