Achieving Oneness Things which from the beginning have achieved oneness: Heaven achieves oneness in being clear. Earth achieves oneness in stability. Energy achieves oneness in spirit. Valleys achive oneness in filling. The ten-thousand natural kinds achieve oneness in life. Fiefholders and Kings achieve oneness in deem-acting to make the social world correct. They take it to the extreme. When heaven lacks that with which to become clear, we're on the point of fearing splitting. When earth lacks that with which to become stable, we're on the point of fearing spreading out. When energy lacks that with which to become spirit, we're on the point of fearing death. When valleys lack that with which to become full, we're on the point of fearing depletion. When the ten-thousand natural kinds lack that with which to become alive, we're on the point of fearing extinction. When fiefholders and kings lack that with which to become noble and exhalted, we're on the point of fearing toppling. Hence the noble uses the plebeian as its base. The high uses the low as its foundation. Using this: Feifholders and kings refer to themselves as 'this orphan,' 'this lonely one,' and 'this impoverished one.' Is this not taking the plebeian as the base? It's not?! Hence the extreme of numbering chariots is zero chariots. Don't desire to colored veneer of jade or the solid dullness of a rock. |
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