What is in the end to be shrunk must first be stretched.#2 Whatever is to be weakened must begin by being made strong.#3 What is to be overthrown must begin by being set up.#4 He who would be a taker must begin as a giver.
是谓微明。
Arthur Waley
This is called “dimming” one's light.
柔弱胜刚强。
Arthur Waley
It is thus that the soft overcomes the hard and the weak, the strong.
鱼不可脱于渊，国之利器不可以示人。
Arthur Waley
“It is best to leave the fish down in his pool; best to leave the State's sharpest weapons wherenone can see them.”