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  That is the heart of it。

  28

  'One who has a man's wings
  And a woman's also
  Is in himself a womb of the world'
  And; being a womb of the world;
  Continuously; endlessly;
  Gives birth;
  One who; preferring light;
  Prefers darkness also
  Is in himself an image of the world
  And; being an image of the world;
  Is continuously; endlessly
  The dwelling of creation;
  One who is highest of men
  And humblest also
  Is in himself a valley of the world;
  And。 being a valley of the world;
  Continuously; endlessly
  Conducts the one source
  From which vessels may be usefully filled;
  Servants of the state are such vessels;
  To be filled from undiminishing supply。

  29

  Those who would take over the earth
  And shape it to their will
  Never; I notice; succeed。
  The earth is like a vessel so sacred
  That at the mere approach of the profane
  It is marred
  And when they reach out their fingers it is gone。
  For a time in the world some force themselves ahead
  And some are left behind;
  For a time in the world some make a great noise
  And some are held silent;
  For a time in the world some are puffed fat
  And some are kept hungry;
  For a time in the world some push aboard
  And some are tipped out:
  At no time in the world will a man who is sane
  Over…reach himself;
  Over…spend himself;
  Over…rate himself。

  30

  One who would guide a leader of men in the uses of life
  Will warn him against the use of arms for conquest。
  Weapons often turn upon the wielder;
  An army's harvest is a waste of thorns;
  Conscription of a multitude of men
  Drains the next year dry。
  A good general; daring to march; dares also to halt;
  Will never press his triumph beyond need。
  What he must do he does but not for glory;
  What he must do he does but not for show;
  What he must do he does but not for self;
  He has done it because it had to be done;
  Not from a hot head。
  Let life ripen and then fall;
  Force is not the way at all:
  Deny the way of life and you are dead。

  31

  Even the finest arms are an instrument of evil;
  A spread of plague;
  And the way for a vital man to go is not the way of a soldier。
  But in time of war men civilized in peace
  Turn from their higher to their lower nature。
  Arms are an instrument of evil;
  No measure for thoughtful men
  Until there fail all other choice
  But sad acceptance of it。
  Triumph is not beautiful。
  He who thinks triumph beautiful
  Is one with a will to kill;
  And one with a will to kill
  Shall never prevail upon the world。
  It is a good sign when man's higher nature comes forward;
  A bad sign when his lower nature comes forward;
  When retainers take charge
  And the master stays back
  As in the conduct of a funeral。
  The death of a multitude is cause for mourning:
  Conduct your triumph as a funeral。

  32

  Existence is infinite; not to be defined;
  And; though it seem but a bit of wood in your hand; to carve as you please;
  It is not to be lightly played with and laid down。
  When rulers adhered to the way of life;
  They were upheld by natural loyalty:
  Heaven and earth were joined and made fertile;
  Life was a freshness of rain;
  Subject to none;
  Free to all。
  But men of culture came; with their grades and their distinctions;
  And as soon as such differences had been devised
  No one knew where to end them;
  Though the one who does know the end of all such differences
  Is the sound man:
  Existence
  Might be likened to the course
  Of many rivers reaching the one sea。

  33

  Knowledge studies others;
  Wisdom is self…known;
  Muscle masters brothers;
  Self…mastery is bone;
  Content need never borrow;
  Ambition wanders blind:
  Vitality cleaves to the marrow
  Leaving death behind。

  34

  Bountiful life; letting anyone attend;
  Making no distinction between left or right。
  Feeding everyone; refusing no one;
  Has not provided this bounty to show how much it owns;
  Has not fed and clad its guests with any thought of claim;
  And; because it lacks the twist
  Of mind or body in what it has done;
  The guile of head or hands;
  Is not always respected by a guest。
  Others appreciate welcome from the perfect host
  Who; barely appearing to exist;
  Exists the most。

  35

  If the sign of life is in your face
  He who responds to it
  Will feel secure and fit
  As when; in a friendly place;
  Sure of hearty care;
  A traveler gladly waits。
  Though it may not taste like food
  And he may not see the fare
  Or hear a sound of plates;
  How endless it is and how good!

  36

  He who feels punctured
  Must once have been a bubble;
  He who feels unarmed
  Must have carried arms;
  He who feels belittled
  Must have been consequential;
  He who feel5 deprived
  Must have had privilege;
  Whereas a man with insight
  Knows that to keep under is to endure。
  What happens to a fish pulled out of a pond?
  Or to an implement of state pulled out of a scabbard?
  Unseen; they survive。

  37

  The way to use life is to do nothing through acting;
  The way to use life is to do everything through being。
  When a leader knows this;
  His land naturally goes straight。
  And the world's passion to stray from straightness
  Is checked at the core
  By the simple unnamable cleanness
  Through which men cease from coveting;
  And to a land where men cease from coveting
  Peace comes of course。

  38

  A man of sure fitness; without making a point of his fitness;
  Stays fit;
  A man of unsure fitness; assuming an appearance of fitness;
  Becomes unfit。
  The man of sure fitness never makes an act of it
  Nor considers what it may profit him;
  The man of unsure fitness makes an act of it
  And considers what it may profit him。
  However a man with a kind heart proceed;
  He forgets what it may profit him;
  However a man with a just mind proceed;
  He remembers what it may profit him;
  However a man of conventional conduct proceed; if he be not complied with
  Out goes his fist to enforce compliance。
  Here is what happens:
  Losing the way of life; men rely first on their fitness;
  Losing fitness; they turn to kindness;
  Losing kindness; they turn to justness;
  Losing justness; they turn to convention。
  Conventions are fealty and honesty gone to waste;
  They are the entrance of disorder。
  False teachers of life use flowery words
  And start nonsense。
  The man of stamina stays with the root
  Below the tapering;
  Stays with the fruit
  Beyond the flowering:
  He has his no and he has his yes。

  39

  The wholeness of life has; from of old; been made manifest in its parts:
  Clarity has been made manifest in heaven;
  Firmness in earth;
  Purity in the spirit;
  In the valley conception;
  In the river procreation;
  And so in a leader ate the people made manifest
  For wholeness of use。
  But for clarity heaven would be veiled;
  But for firmness earth would have crumbled;
  But for purity spirit would have fumbled;
  But for conception the valley would have failed;
  But for procreation the river have run dry;
  So; save for the people; a leader shall die:
  Always the low carry the high
  On a root for growing by。
  What can stand lofty with no low foundation?
  No wonder leaders of a land profess
  Their stature and their station
  To be servitude and lowliness!
  If rim and spoke and hub were not;
  Where would be the chariot?
  Who will prefer the jingle of jade pendants if
  He once has heard stone growing in a cliff!

  40

  Life on its way returns into a mist;
  Its quickness is its quietness again:
  Existence of this world of things and men
  Renews their never

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