Chapter 42 Chapter Eight: Besieged on All Sides

If you want to take the world and do it, I see that you have no choice but to do it. If you can’t do it, you can’t do it. Those who do it will lose it. or fall.Therefore, the saints go to extremes, extravagance, and Thailand. ——Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching · Chapter 29" Those who want to seize state power and seek personal gain, I foresee that their purpose will not be successful.The country is a social organization composed of people known as the spirits of all things, and it is impossible to let those with personal ambitions do whatever they want.Those who take power in the state, do not regard the world as a public, but enslave the hearts of the people in the world with their own hearts, will definitely lose their power.

The gods of the world are also artifacts, and they are by no means what human beings can do. Therefore, those who are active and eager to do something will be defeated, and those who are persistent and stubborn will often lose their opportunities. Nature is to allow differences.There are ups and downs in human destiny, sometimes positive, sometimes negative; sometimes cold, sometimes warm; some strong, some weak;Cloudy and sunny, wind and rain, spring, summer, autumn and winter cycle translocation, this is nature, which cannot be changed by man. Therefore, the sage governs the world, follows the human condition, according to the situation, follows the nature, and acts with the ordinary heart of Taoism, that is, first get rid of extreme desires, extravagance and enjoyment, and then govern according to the true situation.