| 28.1.1 |
Know the masculine,
(and) keep to the
feminine,
to be the brook of the world. |
| 28.1.2 |
Being the brook of the world,
always (be) gaining Tao (and) not to
part (from it), |
| 28.1.3 |
(then) returns back to
babyhood. |
| 28.2.1 |
Know the white and pure,
(but) keep to the
disgrace,
to be the stream of the world. |
| 28.2.2 |
Being the stream of the world,
always (be)
gaining Tao (and) so (the totality of the mind body co-ordination
is) enough, |
| 28.2.3 |
(then) returns back to (awareness of)
simplicity. |
| 28.3.1 |
Know the white (and the right),
(and) keep
to the black,
to be the model of the world. |
| 28.3.2 |
Being the model of the world,
always (be)
gaining Tao (and) not (making) mistake, |
| 28.3.3 |
(then) returns back to
unboundedness. |
| 28.4.1 |
(When) simplicity breaks up (its symmetry), then
(it) becomes (various) forms. |
| 28.4.2 |
The sage uses this (simplicity),
to be the
leading (principle) of (his) governing of the
people. |
| 28.4.3 |
So
the great system is not exploiting and
harming. |
