Text: Confucius said: A man who gains the Tao should be guilty if he is weak and strong. The weak are quiet, hiding in not taking (daring), unable to do, doing nothing and not wasting time. Therefore, "the high must be based on the low, and the high must be based on the bottom." Entrust (entrust) a small package, you can control it from the outside, be firm in softness, be invincible and defeat the enemy. You can't hurt it when you should hit it. If you want to be strong, you must nurture it with softness, and if you want to be strong, you must protect it with weakness. If you accumulate softness, you will be strong; if you accumulate weakness, you will know how to survive. If you are better than yourself, as for those who are better than yourself, if you are soft-hearted, you can't measure them. Therefore, "if the soldiers are strong, they will be destroyed, and if the wood is strong, they will be folded." The skin is strong and cracked, and the teeth are stronger than the tongue and die first. So "the weak are born dry, and the strong come back from the dead." The singer who sings first is poor, and the singer who sings later reaches the original singing. It is also the first thing to do, and then the second thing to do. You don't lose control of people, and people can't control them. The so-called sequence, the number is adjusted to the right time, and the change of time is inevitable. The first one is too much, and the second one is not so good. Returning to the moon and returning to the week, not walking with others, so the sage is not expensive, but the yin of the inch is rare and easy to lose. Therefore, saints always make contributions for their capital at any time, keep a clear path, detain women's festivals, go with the flow, adapt to changes, often be late but not first, be weak and calm, be calm and firm, make great achievements but not surrender, and cannot compete.

Note: Wen Zi thinks: People who are enlightened can stick to women's morality, so as to remain soft, weak, small and humble, but in fact, their ability to solve problems is very strong, and they can always maintain the state of quietism in their hearts, so they can properly cope with any external changes. If the mind remains weak, the body and mind can be quiet and simple, but if the loose bag does not reveal its purpose, it can show people that they dare not and hesitate to act, which shows people that they can't. Although the body is hopeless inside and outside, I don't think about anything, but once I act, I can meet the season. This is the way women walk around the streets. Therefore, Lao Tzu said, "Honor must start from a humble place, and high above it must gradually accumulate from a low foundation." Accumulate from the smallest place until it can contain the big one. In the central confidential place, you can control and master the external things, gradually weathering, strengthening with weakness, nothing is invincible, nothing is an unstoppable enemy, if you are a woman, you can deal with and naturalize everything without losing its status quo, and nothing can hurt him. In order to achieve the goal of combining rigidity with softness, we must maintain the nature of combining rigidity with softness. In order to achieve the goal of strength, we must maintain the transformation process from weak to strong, from soft to hard, from weak to strong. If you carefully observe the origin and extreme process of things, you can know the way to survive. Although the strong can defeat enemies who are not as good as themselves, they will only be tied when they meet people with equal strength. If a weak person can beat a stronger one, his strength and development will be immeasurable. Therefore, "belligerence will perish, trees will grow at will, and they will break in strong winds." Although leather is tough, it will always be torn, and teeth stronger than the tongue will always be damaged first. Therefore, Lao Tzu said, "Weakness is the foundation of survival, and strength is the road to death." Those who put forward the initiative first often encounter a lot of resistance, while those who follow the initiative are usually able to improvise. If you master the avenue, you can use static braking, so that you can be good at coping with all kinds of changes. The first move can restrict backwardness, and the second move can also balance first. How is this done? If you don't lose the foundation of the avenue, you can advance and retreat at any time, so that you won't lose the foundation of controlling people, and there is nothing to be restricted by others. The so-called pioneers and laggards are just people who are enlightened and conform to the era of heaven. They can adjust their status to conform to the laws and trends of the road operation. When they encounter a favorable opportunity, they must not delay and follow the avenue immediately. People who don't understand the times usually run too far ahead, and those who lag behind usually have no time to catch up with the right time. It is really time-consuming to watch the sun and the moon keep running, so saints do not value precious Baoyu, but cherish the short and rare. Therefore, saints are good at observing the laws and trends of avenue operation, patiently waiting for the success of great efforts at the right time, making outstanding contributions by relying on the irresistible trend of avenue operation, adhering to the quietism way, taking weakness as the first norm, taking different countermeasures due to the changes of the times, always adopting the proactive method after the event, slowly and steadily advancing the effect of enlightenment with a weak and quiet mind, constantly achieving great achievements and defeating the strong, and nothing in the world can compete with saints.

There is a saying: women's road, with the news.

Those who have reached the Tao know how to be noble, keep a feminine way and be quiet. They are dedicated, sincere and virtuous. Under the moderate weather and Zhi Zhi, they can follow the main road, distinguish geography, observe personnel and stick to their posts. Time waits for no man, knowing that men should guard women, showing strength by weakness, being soft just now, and respecting them can accumulate in small, expensive and cheap, so they are big, without losing their way of controlling others, but small and lovely. This is the only way to do it.

When the opportunity comes, saints will keep pace with the times, such as hearing the drums, moving in harmony with the sun, ringing the golden bell, controlling the degree with the earth and its shade, and obeying the rules. Therefore, those who can successfully overcome difficulties should obey the people. Therefore, a saint like Ming Dow is good at making contributions at any time, because he has made contributions to the world, and he is tall but not dangerous. His lover embraces many people and does no harm to others, so he can manage others but not others, so the world cannot compete with him.

Therefore, those who show their womanhood to others are weak and worthy of others, and they are strong and unwilling. The so-called sage, born as a man, can be "square without cutting, sincere without embarrassment, straight without arrogance, bright without brilliance." And ...