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| 将欲取天下而为之 | If you want to grab the world and run it | |
| 吾见其不得已 | I can see that you will not succeed. | |
| 天下神器 | The world is a spiritual vessel, which can’t be controlled. | |
| 为者败之 | Manipulators mess things up. | |
| 执者失之 | Grabbers lose it. | |
| 故物 | Therefore: | |
| 或行或随 | Sometimes you lead[,] Sometimes you follow[.] | |
| 或歔或吹 | Sometimes you are stifled[,] Sometimes you breathe easy[.] | |
| 或强或羸 | Sometimes you are strong[,] Sometimes you are weak[.] | |
| 或挫或隳 | Sometimes you destroy[,] And sometimes you are destroyed. | |
| 是以圣人去甚 | Hence, the sage shuns excess | |
| 去奢 | Shuns grandiosity | |
| 去泰 | Shuns arrogance. |