Governacountrywithuprightintegrity;Deploythemilitarywithsurprisetactics;Taketheworldwithnon-interference.
HowdoIknowthisisso?Withthefollowing:
Whentherearemanyrestrictionsintheworld,thepeoplebecomemoreimpoverished;Whenpeoplehavemanysharpweapons,thecountrybecomesmorechaotic;Whenpeoplehavemanyclevertricks,morestrangethingsoccur;Themorelawsareposted,themorerobbersandthievesthereare.
Thereforethesagesays:Itakeunattachedaction,andthepeopletransformthemselves.Ipreferquiet,andthepeoplerightthemselves.Idonotinterfere,andthepeopleenrichthemselves.Ihavenodesires,andthepeoplesimplifythemselves.