When people are unsettled, loyal ministers arise.
The highest virtue seems as low as a valley.
The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world.
Heaven's Way gives no favors. It always remains with good people.
Taking things lightly must lead to big difficulties.
The best people are like water, which benefits all things and does not compete with them. It stays in lowly places that others reject. This is why it is so similar to the Way.