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Which of the following best describes the message of the old man who fell into the river?

Don't walk to close to the edge of the river
Go with the flow
Hold your breath and things will work out.
take swimming lessons: you never know when you might need them.

Based on taoism and i really need help

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Answer: Go with the flow. The old man says after coming out alive, "I accommodated myself to the water,

not the water to me.

Without thinking,

I allowed myself to be shaped by it.

Plunging into the swirl, I came out with the swirl.

This is how I survived."

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