Chapter 77
Part 2: Te Ching
Heaven's Reason
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Is not Heaven's Reason truly like stretching a bow? The high it brings down, the lowly it lifts up. Those who have abundance it depleteth; those who are deficient it augmenteth.
Such is Heaven's Reason. It depleteth those who have abundance but completeth the deficient. Man's Reason is not so. He depleteth the deficient in order to serve those who have abundance.