1. Things grow old when they are strong, which is called immorality, and immorality already exists.

2. If you are careful from the end to the beginning, you will never fail.

3. Don’t be afraid of what people fear.

4. Saints are often careless and take the hearts of the people as their heart.

5. Without leaving home, you can know the world; without peeking into the window, you can see the way of heaven.

6. People are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?

7. Being favored or humiliated is like being frightened, and being honored is like being in great trouble.

8. The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is excess. This is not the case in the way of man. The loss is not enough and there is more than enough.

9. If you are virtuous, you are virtuous; if you are virtuous, you are virtuous; if you are virtuous, you are not virtuous.

10. He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise; he who conquers others is powerful, and he who conquers himself is strong.

11. The common people are enlightened, but I am alone. The common people look at me, but I am alone.

12. Hope to speak naturally. Therefore, the wind does not last forever, and the showers last all day.

13. There is a way in the world, but it is just like dung. There is no way in the world, and soldiers and horses are born in the suburbs.

14. The best good is like water. Water is good for all things and benefits all things without fighting. It is disliked by everyone, so it is close to the Tao.

15. The most soft thing in the world is the strongest thing in the world. Nothing enters the realm of infinity, so I know that nothingness is beneficial.

16. Live in a good place, have a good heart, be kind and benevolent, speak good faith, govern well, do good things, and act at the right time. The husband does not fight, so there is no need for you.