In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that
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THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there
were (their rulers) In the next age they loved them and praised
them In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them
Thus it was that when faith (in the Tao) was deficient (in the rulers)
a want of faith in them ensued (in the people)