sì shí sān

tiān xià zhī zhì róu
chí chĕng tiān xià zhī zhì jiān
wú yŏu rù wú jiān
wú shì yĭ zhī wú wéi zhī yŏu yì
bù yán zhī jiào
wú wéi zhī yì
tiān xià xī jí zhī

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The gentlest thing in the world
overcomes the hardest thing in the world.
That which has no substance
enters where there is no space.
This shows the value of non-action.

Teaching without words,
performing without actions:
that is the Master's way.