| Human beings are / soft and supple when alive |
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| The Ways that can be walked are not the eternal Way |
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| The Valley spirit never dies |
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| While you / Cultivate the soul and embrace unity |
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| Thirty spokes converge on a single hub |
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| Know masculinity, / Maintain femininity |
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| The Person of superior integrity |
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| Without going out-of-doors |
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| A Large state is like a low-lying estuary |
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| Let there be a small state with few people |
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