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不 出 户 ， 知 天 下 ； 不 窥 牖 ， 见 天 道 。 其 出 弥 远 ， 其 知 弥 少 。

Without going outside his door, one understands (all that takes place) under the sky; without looking out from his window, one see the Dao of Heaven. The farther that one goes out (from himself), the less he knows.

"Without passing out of the gate

The world's course I prognosticate.

Without peeping through the window

The heavenly Reason I contemplate.

The further one goes,

The less one knows."

Not going out of the door I have knowledge of the world. Not peeping through the window I perceive heaven's Dao. The more one wander to a distance the less he knows.