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It is divided into 81 poems and short stories, about 5,000 characters in all. The passages in Tao Te Jing are sometimes difficult to translate; many translations are not very good.<ref>http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-4189(199007)70%3A3%3C492%3ATTCANE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7</ref>
It is divided into 81 poems and short stories, about 5,000 characters in all. The passages in Tao Te Jing are sometimes difficult to translate; many translations are not very good.<ref>http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-4189(199007)70%3A3%3C492%3ATTCANE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7</ref>
===Themes===
*Pacifism and non-violence
*Humility and the evils of wealth
*Ancestor worship and respect for age
*Pursuit of worldly and spiritual knowledge
*Flexibility in life
*Acceptance of death
*People as innately flawed and wicked
*The power of words and symbols<ref>http://www.daoiststudies.org/dao/node/6544</ref>
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