{"collection":"Taoism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/tao/mt/mt62.htm","path":"tao/mt/mt62.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/tao/mt/mt62.htm","text":"The Tao Teh King: A Short Study in Comparative Religion, by C. Spurgeon Medhurst, [1905]\nFor the regulation of mankind and the service of heaven nothing equals reserve power. 1 Reserve power means a speedy submission. Speedy submission implies a rich store of energy. A rich store of energy means the subjugation of everything. Everything being subdued none knows his limits. His limits being unknown his sovereign power is assured, having the root 2 of sovereignty which endures for long.\nThis may be described as a 'deep taproot,' and a 'durable peduncle,'\u2014the perpetual vitality and continued manifestation of the Tao.\n100:1 Literally\u2014\"parsimoniousness;\" \"the harvest which must not be wasted.\"\n100:2 Literally\u2014\"mother.\"","title":"The Tao Teh King: A Short Study in Comparative Religion: Chapter LIX","type":"page"}