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Chapter 58 |
其政悶悶，其民淳淳；其政察察，其民缺缺；禍兮福之所倚，福兮禍之所伏；孰知其極，其無正。正復為奇，善復為妖。人之迷，其日固久，是以聖人方而不割，廉而不劌，直而不肆，光而不耀。 |
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qi zheng men men, qi |
When nothing spectacular happens in society under your administration, the people will be simple and honest. |
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qi zheng cha cha, qi min que que |
When the administration has to be watchful over mishaps and calamities in society, the people will be difficult and difficult to live. |
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huo xi fu zhi suo yi |
Disasters may trigger happiness to arise. |
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fu xi huo zhi suo fu |
Happiness may be laden with disasters. |
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shu zhi qi ji, qi wu |
How do I know a social extremism is developing? It is when unfairness is detected. |
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zheng fu wei qi |
Any way to ensure fairness in society in the beginning is possible to degenerate to become unfair. |
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shan fu wei yao |
Any perfect policy in the beginning is possible to turn into evil. |
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ren zhi mi, qi ri gu jiu |
Things may change when time changes. People will be lost and mesmerized after a very long time and will accept the reality as normal. |
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shi yi sheng ren fang |
The shengren will only guide the people back from being lost and will not segregate them. |
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lian er bu gui |
He will only frankly point out the fact to the people and will not hurt them. |
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zhi er bu si |
He will only honestly correct the people and will not humiliate them. |
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guang er bu yao |
He will only enlighten the people and will not show off. |