← The Dao De Jing
Chapter 25
Man Takes His Law from the Earth
人法地
The Text
人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然。
Man takes his law from the earth; the earth from heaven; heaven from the way; the way from what is so of itself.
Reading it
The chain ends not in a ruler but in self-so-ness — what is so of itself. The last link is not a command but a description.
这条链子的终点不是一位主宰，而是「自然」——自己如此。最后一环不是命令，是陈述。
Practice for the week
Name one rule you follow that no one has ever asked you to follow.
说出一条你一直在守、却从没人要求过你的规矩。