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Key Takeaway: The Soft Overcomes the Hard.

The Soft Overcomes the Hard. What is to be contracted must first expand. 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. • What is to be contracted must first expand

According to the Tao Te Ching by Laozi and the Zhuangzi, the foundational texts of Taoist philosophy, The Soft Overcomes the Hard.
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