- How sure this is
- 88% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- What turned up
- Tao Te Ching, ch. 49, Legge translation, 1891; bracketed editorial words removed (Legge inserts them for implied sense, e.g. "(to me)").
- Work
- Tao Te Ching
- Occasion
- 6th century BCE (traditional) · China · chapter 49, on treating everyone with goodness
- Sources checked
- en.wikisource.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026Fetched; confirmed verbatim, including trailing clause "and thus (all) get to be good"
