Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it.

If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?

In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season.

So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.

When Simplicity is broken up, it is made into instruments. Evolved individuals who employ them, are made into leaders. In this way, the Great System is United.

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

You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.