Restraint

Fifty-nine

For ordering humanity and serving Heaven,
Nothing is so good as being sparing.
For only if you are sparing can you,
Therefore, early submit to The Way.
Early submission - This is called
To repeatedly accumulate Virtue
If you repeatedly accumulate Virtue,
Then there is nothing you cannot overcome.
When there is nothing you cannot overcome,
No one knows where it will end,
You can possess the state.
And when you possess the mother of the state,
You can last a very long time.
This is called having deep roots
and a firm base.
It is the Way of long life and long-lasting vision.

Emotions

Sixty

Ruling a large state is like cooking a small fish.
When you use the Way to govern the world,
Evil spirits will not have godlike power,
It is that their power will not harm men.
But it is not only that their powers will not harm men,
The sage also, will not harm them.
Since these two do not do not harm others,
Therfore their Virtues intermingle and returns to them.

International relations

Sixty-one

A large state is like the lower part of a river.
It is the female of the world.
It is the meeting point of the world. 
The female constantly overcomes
The male with tranquility.
Because she is tranquil,
Therefore she is fittinly underneath. 

The large state - if it is below the small state,
Then it takes over the small state.
The small state - if it is below the large state,
Then it is taken over by the large state.
Therefore some by being low take over,
And some by being low are teken over.

Therefore a large state merely desires
To unite and rear others;
While the small state desires
To enter and te serve others.
If both get what they want,
Then the large state should
Fittingly be underneath.

Corrected with the Mawangtui text

Sin

Sixty-two

The Way is that toward which all things flow.
It is the treasure of the good man,
And that which protect the bad.

Beautiful words can be bought and sold;
Honored deeds can be presented to others as gifts;
Even with things that people regard as no good -
Will they be rejected?
Therefore when the Son of Heaven
is being enthroned or the Three Ministers installed,
Though you might salute them with gifts of jade
Preceded by teams of four horses,
That is not so good as siiting still and offering this .
That is the reason why he ancients
valued this - what was it?
Did they not say,
Those who seek with this, will attain,And thodse who commit offenses with this, will escape?
Therefore, it is the most valued thing in the world