| 63.1.1 |
Act (by) letting go.
(Attend to)
office duties (with) noninterference.
Taste no
flavour. |
| 63.1.2 |
(Whether) big (or) small (things), many (or)
few. |
| 63.1.x |
{Reward resentment with
virtue.} |
| 63.1.3 |
Contrive difficulties while they are
easy.
Deal with big (things) at their small
(parts). |
| 63.2.1 |
Difficult things in the world certainly arise
from (being) easy. |
|
Big things in the world certainly arise from
(being) small. |
| 63.2.2 |
This is why the sage never deals with the
big, |
| 63.2.3 |
so
(he) can achieve the big. |
| 63.3.1 |
Oh! Promise (made) lightly certainly lacks
sincerity.
Only easy certainly (turns
out into) only difficulty. |
| 63.3.2 |
This is why the sage
(always) hesitates (and) feels it
difficult. |
| 63.3.3 |
So
after all (there is) no
difficulty. |
