弱之胜强,柔之胜刚,天下莫不知莫能行。
That the yielding conquers the resistant and the soft conquers the hard is a fact known by all men, yet utilized by none.
是以圣人云﹕“受国之垢,是谓社稷主;受国不祥,是为天下王。”
Yet it is in reference to this that the Sage said “only he who has accepted the dirt of the country can be lord of its soil shrines; only he who takes upon himself the evils of the country Can become a king among those what dwell under heaven.”