three quotes from The Essential Huainanzi, Chapter One

A collection of quotes from Chapter One: Originating In The Way of “The Essential Huainanzi” by Liu An. What we call “no deliberate action” is to not anticipate the activity of things. What we call “nothing left undone” means to adapt to what things have [already] done. What we call “to not govern” means to not change how things are naturally so. What we call “nothing left ungoverned” means to…