you have a self”? I am the reason that I have great suffering, I who act like I have a self. When I am without a self, how could I have suffering? Therefore : he who is high ranking and uses his self to serve the world – It seems he can thus be entrusted with the world! He who is loving and uses his self to serve the world – It seems he can thus be entrusted with the world! Fourteen Look, it is not seen; its name is called elusive. Listen, it is not heard; its name is called tenuous. Grasp, it is not gotten; its name is called subtle and obscure. These three things can not be investigated any further – Therefore they blend and become one. This one thing : Its highest point is not bright; Its lowest point is not dark. Continuous and unending!, it can not be named; It returns to non-existence. It is called the form of that which is without-form; The image of non-existence. It is called confusing and indistinct. Meet it and you do not see its beginning; Follow it and you do not see its end. Hold fast to the Way of the ancients In order to master the present moment. The ability to know the ancient beginning – This is called the main principle of Dao. Fifteen The virtue of the ancients made they who were scholars subtle, mysterious, obscure, deep, and penetrating. Their mysterious depths can not be understood. Now : only because they can not be understood, Therefore we try to emulate their appearance : Hesitant!, as if crossing a winter stream. Wary!, as if afraid of their neighbors all around. Respectful!, they are like a visiting guest. Yielding!, like ice that is about to to break off. Honest and genuine!, they are like the uncarved block. Wide and open!, they are like a valley. Unclear!, they are like muddy water. Who can take muddy water and use stillness to slowly and gently make it pure and clear? Who can take what is tranquil and use continual movement to slowly and gently bring it to life? He who maintains this Way does not desire to be full. Now : only because he is not full, Thus he can be hidden and unfinished. Sixteen Attain the utmost emptiness. Maintain a profound stillness. The ten thousand creatures arise in unison, And thus I observe their return. Now : all the myriad creatures return to their source. Returning to the source speaks of stillness. Stillness is called returning to the natural order. Returning to the natural order speaks of the ever-constant. Knowing the ever-constant speaks of insight. Not knowing the ever-constant is foolish and creates misfortune. Knowing the ever-constant leads to tolerance. Being tolerant leads to being just and unbiased. Being just and unbiased leads to being kingly. Being kingly leads to heaven.