《老子道德经(英译本)Lao Tze》58. No End

　　When government is lazy and informal

　　The people are kind and honest;

　　When government is efficient and severe

　　The people are discontented and deceitful.

　　Good fortune follows upon disaster;

　　Disaster lurks within good fortune;

　　Who can say how things will end?

　　Perhaps there is no end.

　　Honesty is ever deceived;

　　Kindness is ever seduced;

　　Men have been like this for a long time. So the sage is firm but not cutting,

　　Pointed but not piercing,

　　Straight but not rigid,

　　Bright but not blinding.