heart/mind strong, inflexible, try originally, undoubtedly, firm, strong soft, softness, yielding dare, daring Dao of Strong ! (#1) name, fame, reputation choose, take, take hold of 100 weak, weakness victory, conquer die, death Unique ? (#1) army blended, mingled pure and clear clear, pure, bright newborn infant hard work unfortunate, bad nobles (specifically Marquis) within, middle exist, survive, keep disgrace without-name same, sameness stop, rest, stay ? (#2) no danger gateway image heaven & earth rare goods abandon non-interference family morality* clever, skillful bandit, evil thief, robbery confuse, confusion treasure hard teach, teaching The symbol for “die, death” that is strongly Post-Guodian is in only one non-Post-Guodian chapter (6, where the “spirit of the valley does not die”). All of the other 17 times (!) it is used is in Post-Guodian chapters, so if it wasn’t for the one use in chapter 6, this symbol would be strongly unique to the Post-Guodian chapters. Symbols that show up much more often in two layers but rarely in the other one are presented in the table on the following page, in the same format as the previous one. Symbols in the “Never” sections appear about equally often in the other two layers, but not once in the indicated layer. “Dao” is almost three times more likely to appear in Early and Late than Post-Guodian (and there almost always as “Dao of”), but not quite enough to make it into the following table (under “Rarely in Post-Guodian”). Rarely in Early Rarely in Late Rarely in Post-Guodian Weak govern behavior, perform, travel virtue, good(ness), skilled ! (#2) sage weapons who, which ready, would, about to, general create, life, produce one De Strong benefit, profit, sharp nation citizens thus the sage Never virtuous person misfortune serious, double easy do not strive difficult, hard Qi good fortune scholar since, once maintain, protect master depend on, concerned with rare, few do not know 100 families female ocean, sea subtle mystery spirit bright, brightness empty arise, make move, movement, action begin, beginning arise, produce, go out !,? uncarved block not (非)