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Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 79

The Canon of Reason and Virtue (Tao te Ching) · front matter · 1 passage

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The original reads, "The holy man keeps the left (tso) of contract" and tso, "left," means the debit side. The right side of the contract table contained the claims, ch‘eh, which in its original meaning denotes "to go through" and then "that which can be enacted."

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file tao/crv/crv135.htm.

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