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βthe journey of a thousand li commenced with a single step.
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What does this quotation mean?
James Legge's English rendering uses li, a traditional measure of distance, rather than miles.
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Source: The Tao Teh King , Chapter 64
Edition: James Legge translation Β· Translated by James Legge
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