That which people teach, I also teach : Those who are bullies and hoodlums do not meet their natural death. I will thus become their elder teacher. Forty three The softest things of the world Overrun the hardest things of the world. Non-being can enter where there is no space in between. Thus I know that non-action has benefits. The teaching of no-talking, The benefit of non-action – Few in the world attain these. Fifty Between coming out into life and entering death, Followers of life are 3 in 10. Followers of death are 3 in 10. People whose lives are merely moving them towards the place of death Are also 3 in 10. Now : what is the reason? Because they live life for its substance. But I have heard that he who is skilled at taking in life Can travel the mountains and does not meet rhino or tiger, Can enter a battle not wearing armor or weapons. The rhino has no place to thrust its horns, The tiger has no place to use its claws, The weapon has no place to allow its blade. Now : what is the reason? Because for him there is no place of death. Sixty seven In the world, all say I am great, But do not seem to be like everyone else. Now : only because I am not like everyone else, therefore I can be great. If I was like everyone else, Long ago! I would have become insignificant, indeed! Now : I possess three treasures – Hold and maintain them. The first is called compassion, The second is called economy, The third is called not daring to act first in the world. With compassion, you can therefore be brave. With economy, you can therefore expand. By not daring to act first in the world, Therefore you can achieve the capacity for leadership. At present, people abandon compassion but also try to be brave, Abandon economy but also try to expand, Abandon being behind but also try to be first – This is death! Now : when compassion is used in war, the consequence is victory. When it is used for protection, the consequence is strength. When heaven would help you, Using compassion it protects you. Sixty eight He who is good at being a scholar is not militant. He who is good at war does not get angry. He who is good at conquering the enemy does not engage them. He who is good at making use of people acts lower-than them. This is called the De of not striving. This is called the power of making use of people. This is called joining the elite of heaven’s ancients, indeed! Sixty nine Those who command troops have a saying : I dare not act like the master, but instead act like a guest. Dare not advance an inch, but instead retreat a foot. This is called marching without marching, Seizing without using your arms,