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In ruling men and in serving Heaven there is nothing like moderation.
??By means of it one attains to his first estate.
??When this is attained a man is possessed of an indefinite store of virtue.
??With such a store of virtue he will overcome everything.
??And of this mastery there will be no limit.
??Thus, without hindrance, he may possess the Kingdom.
??Such a man has the mother-constitution, and will endure indefinitely.
??He is like the plant whose roots are deep and whose stem is firm.
??Thus may a man live long and see many days.

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??The state should be governed as we cook small fish, without much business.
??Bringing the Tao to the governing of the Kingdom will give rest to the shades of the dead.
??Not that the Spirits will be inactive, but they will cease to trouble the people.
??But what is of more importance, the wise ruler of the people will not hurt them.
??And in so far as they do not interfere with one another, their influences conspire to the general good!

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??The kingdom, like a river, becomes great by being lowly; it is thereby the centre to which all the world tends.
??It is similar in the case of woman:
??She conquers man by continual quietness.
??And quietness is the same as submission.
??Therefore a great state, by condescension to those beneath it, may gain the government of them.
??Likewise a small state, by submission to one that is greater, may secure its alliance.
??Thus the one gains adherence, and the other obtains favours.
??Although the great state desires to annex and to nourish others, yet the small state desires to be allied to and serve the greater.
??Thus both will be satisfied, if only the greater will condescend.


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