Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union.
When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.
Do not fear the aging of the body for it is the body's way of seeking the root.
The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.
The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to keep below them. That is why they are able to reign over all the mountain streams.
The more sharp weapons people have in a country, the bigger the disorder will be.