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If a great country yields to ...

If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a great country, it will be conquered by the great country.

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The people starve because tho...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.

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The best soldier does not att...

The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligent non aggressiveness.

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People take death lightly. Th...

People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.

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Rule a kingdom as though you ...

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it.

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I am good to people who are g...

I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness.

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Life and death are one thread...

Life and death are one thread,
the same line viewed from different sides.

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To consider this desirable wo...

To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom.

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The (method of) correction sh...

The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.

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He who does not trust enough ...

He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

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Nothing on earth is so weak a...

Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.

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Returning to the source is st...

Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.

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The more prohibitions there a...

The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be.

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The hard and stiff are death'...

The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions.

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The fish cannot leave the dee...

The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state's weaponry should not be displayed.

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He who treasures his body as ...

He who treasures his body as much as the world can care for the world.

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Man at his birth is supple an...

Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death.

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She who is centered in the Ta...

She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger. She perceives the universal harmony, even amid great pain, because she has found peace in her heart. Music or the smell of good cooking may make people stop and enjoy. But words that point to the Tao seem monotonous and without flavor. When you look for it, there is nothing to see. When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear. When you use it, it is inexhaustible.

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High and low rest on each oth...

High and low rest on each other.

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The people suffer from famine...

The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.

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