by using non-interference : #48 how do I thus know : #21, #54 by means of this : #21, #54 sharp tools : #36 nation and families : #18 thieves and bandits : #19 the sage says : #78 non-action : #2, #3, #37, #38, #43, #48, #63, #64 stillness : #15, #16, #26, #37, #45, #61 without-desire : #1, #3, #34, #37 uncarved block : #15, #19, #28, #32, #37 uncarved block brings without-desire : #37 Chapter Fifty Eight 其 政 悶 悶 其 民 淳 淳 其 政 察 察 其 民 缺 缺 禍 兮 福 之 所 倚 • 福 兮 禍 之 所 伏 孰 知 其 極 其 無 正 • 正 復 為 奇 善 復 為 妖 人 之 迷 • 其 日 固 久 是 以 聖 人 方 而 不 割 廉 而 不 劌 直 而 不 肆 光 而 不 燿 If their government is very restrained, Its citizens will be very genuine and honest. If their government is very observant and alert, Its citizens will be very lacking and deficient. Misfortune! is that which good fortune leans on. Good fortune! is that which misfortune lies on. Who knows their limits? They are not honest and just. Honesty and justness returns, becoming strange and unusual. Virtue returns, becoming weird and strange. The confusion of the people – Its days have indeed been everlasting. Thus the sage : Is honest and does not divide, Is honorable and does not injure, Is straightforward and does not indulge in excess, Is bright but does not dazzle. ♦If their government is [very] restrained, [smothered,tightly covered2] Its citizens will be [very] genuine and honest2A. If their government is [very] observant and alert2, Its citizens will be [very] lacking and deficient2. Misfortune ! is that which good fortune [it] leans on.B ♦Good fortune ! is that which misfortune [it] lies on. ♦Who knows their limits C? [utmost,extreme] ♦They are not honest and just. ♦Honesty and justness returns, becoming strange and unusual. ♦Virtue returns, becoming weird and strange. ♦The confusion of the people – ♦Its days have indeed been everlasting. [undoubtedly] [for a long time] Thus2 the sage2 : ♦Is honestD and does not divideE, Is honorable* and does not injure, ♦Is straightforward and does not indulge in excess, Is bright but does not dazzleF. Notes The very’s in the first four lines are implied by the repeated symbols at the end of each line A : every source has a different symbol here; this comes from WB