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The Dao's following ziran does not initiate an infinite regress of grounding relations

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1.In the hierarchy 'Human beings follow earth, earth follows heaven, heaven follows dao, and dao follows ziran', each level follows the next
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2.Spontaneity (ziran) means making it up oneself on the fly, which is the opposite of following something external
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3.If the Dao follows spontaneity, the Dao follows nothing beyond itself, thereby arresting the regress
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1.If ziran means 'self-so-ness' or 'being-so-of-itself', it names a property or standard that the Dao conforms to, not merely a reflexive description of the Dao itself.
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2.Any conformity to an external standard—even an abstract one like spontaneity—reintroduces a grounding relation, since the standard explains why the Dao acts as it does.
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3.The regress is therefore only nominally arrested: ziran functions as a hidden explainer, displacing rather than terminating the chain of grounding relations.
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