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. In the world2, all say I am great,A But do not seem to be like [everyone else].B Now : only [because I am] not like [everyone else], therefore I can be great.C ♦If [I was] like [everyone else], Long ago ! I would have become insignificant, indeed! [he] [minute,tiny] Now : I possess three treasures – Hold and maintain them. ♦The first is called compassion*, ♦The second is called economy, [thrifty,frugal] ♦The third is called not daring to act firstD in the world2. ♦With compassion*, you can therefore be brave*. ♦With economy, you can therefore expandE. [thrifty,frugal] ♦By not daring to act first in the world2, 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 expandE, [thrifty,frugal] 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, [him] Using compassion* it protects you. [him] Notes A : this may sound egotistical, but the sage is described as being “great” in #34 and #63 and “valued” in #70; only WB and HSG changed this and the next four lines to read In the world2, all say my Dao is great, And does not seem to be like [anything else]. Now : only [because it is] great, therefore it does not seem to be like [anything else]. If [it was] like [anything else], Long ago ! it would have become insignificant, indeed! WB also switched from saying the sage is great to Dao is great in #34; also note that here it is everyone else, not the sage, who says the sage is great