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Key Takeaway: Return to the Uncarved Block.

Return to the Uncarved Block. See simplicity, hold to the plain. Tao (道, dào) is the central term of the Tao Te Ching and related Daoist vocabulary, often rendered as "the Way." Chapter 1 warns that a Tao fully captured in speech is not the constant Tao, so no single English gloss is exhaustive. It is not simply a personal deity or a measurable force. • See simplicity, hold to the plain

According to the Tao Te Ching by Laozi and the Zhuangzi, the foundational texts of Taoist philosophy, Return to the Uncarved Block.

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