1. Misfortunes lie on the back of blessings, and blessings lie on the backs of misfortunes.

2. Heaviness is the root of lightness, tranquility is the king of impatience. If you are gentle, you will lose your roots; if you are impatient, you will lose your authority.

3. If it is crooked, it will be complete; if it is wrong, it will be straight; if it is hollow, it will be full; if it is hollow, it will be new; if it is less, it will be more; if it is too much, it will be confusing.

4. Everything in the world is born from existence, and existence is born from nothingness.

5. Everyone knows the useful uses, but no one knows the useless ones.

6. In the past, those who got one were: the sky got one to make it clear; the earth got one to make it peaceful; the gods got one to make it spiritual; the grain got one to bring life; the prince got one and thought the world was right.

7. Within the big sky, there is also a small sky.

8. There is a name for the beginning, and since the name is already there, you will know the stop, and knowing the stop can not stop it.

9. The sage holding one in his arms is the common practice in the world. It is not self-seeing, so it is clear; it is not self-righteous, so it is manifest; it is not self-cutting, so it is meritorious; it is not self-respecting, so it is long-lasting. My husband does not fight, so no one in the world can fight with him.

10. Those who were good in ancient times would make the people ignorant if they did not enlighten them. The people are difficult to govern because of their wisdom. Therefore, if you govern a country with wisdom, you will be a traitor to the country; if you do not govern a country with wisdom, you will be a blessing to the country.

11. The best thing is water. Water benefits all things without fighting.

12. Talking too much can lead to disaster.

13. There is sound in gold and stone, but there is no sound without examination.

14. You can know the world without leaving home; you can see the way of heaven without peeking into the window. Its journey is far away and its knowledge is limited. Therefore, the sage knows without doing, understands without seeing, and achieves without doing.

15. See simplicity and be simple, have few selfish desires.

16. There is no one in the world who is soft and weak as water, and no one who attacks the strong can win, because it cannot be easily defeated.

17. When the earth is at the bottom, it is not high, so it is safe but not dangerous; when the water flows downward, it does not compete to be first, so it is quick but not late.

18. The weak overcomes the strong, and the soft overcomes the hard. No one in the world knows it, and no one can do it.

19. If you want to destroy something, you must strengthen it; if you want to seize it, you must strengthen it.

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

21. Where blessings depend, blessings lie where misfortunes lie.

22. If it is strong, it will be destroyed; if the wood is strong, it will break; if the leather is strong, it will crack; if the teeth are strong on the tongue, they will die first.

23. He who seeks much will receive little, and he who sees great things will know little.

24. The most soft thing in the world is the strongest thing in the world.

25. Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beautiful, but this is evil. Everyone knows that good is good, but this is not good.

26. Morality is the god of heaven and earth. Heaven and earth are the description of morality.

27. Being favored or humiliated is like being frightened.

28. Do nothing but do everything. To conquer the world, it is often necessary to have nothing to do, and even if there is something to do, it is not enough to conquer the world.

29. The heaven and the earth are united to bring down nectar, and the people will not be ordered to do so but will be even.

30. Talking too much can lead to disaster. Former Shu. Du Guangting.

31. The rich may not steal; the poor may not be honest if they are honest.

32. Too great, I don’t know it exists; secondly, praise it as a relative; secondly, fear it; thirdly, insult it. If you don't believe it enough, you don't believe it.

33. For example, the Tao is in the world, just like the rivers and valleys are in the rivers and seas.

34. Things grow old when they are strong. This is called immorality, which has already happened.

35. A small country with few people. It makes the people have rare weapons but does not use them; it makes the people die again and not move far away. Although there are boats and carriages, there is nothing to ride on them; although there are armor and soldiers, there is nothing to display them. Let the people re-knot the rope and use it.

36. The sun is in the middle and the side is watching; the things are in the direction of life and death.

37. The Skynet is vast, sparse but not lost.

38. All things are born, but humans are the most valuable.