88% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up
Tao Te Ching, ch. 27, Legge translation, 1891; first independent clause of the chapter's opening sentence, British spelling preserved.
Work
Tao Te Ching
Occasion
6th century BCE (traditional) · China · chapter 27, on skillful, effortless action
Sources checked
en.wikisource.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026Fetched; confirmed verbatim as the first semicolon-delimited clause of ch. 27's opening sentence
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