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Chapter 8 — The Goodness of Water
第八章 上善若水
Water is one of the book’s clearest images of effective gentleness. It nourishes without demanding attention, adapts to the ground it meets, and willingly enters low places. Yet water is not weak in the ordinary sense: over time it shapes valleys, carries weight, and finds a way around what cannot be moved directly.
