Translation Info: beck | blakney | byrn | feng | ganson | gnl | hansen | legge | mccarroll | mcdonald | merel | merel2 | mitchell | muller | rosenthal |
| merel Prev Next | Chapter 66 All Translations . beck . blakney . byrn . feng . ganson . gnl . hansen . legge . mccarroll . mcdonald . merel . merel2 . mitchell . muller . rosenthal . | headers Prev Chapter Chapter 66 Next Chapter |


Lead by Following

How does the river carve out the valley?
By flowing beneath it.
Thereby the river is master of the valley.

In order to master people
One must speak as their servant;
So when the sage is elevated to power
People do not feel oppressed.

In order to lead people
One must follow them;
So when the sage restrains people
They do not feel hindered.

Thus the popularity of the sage does not fail,
He does not seem superior, so no one will usurp him.


010203040506070809
101112131415161718
192021222324252627
282930313233343536
373839404142434445
464748495051525354
555657585960616263
646566676869707172
737475767778798081