The root of order

"From of old these things have obtained oneness : Heaven through oneness has become pure. Earth through oneness can endure. Minds through oneness their souls procure. Valleys through oneness repletion secure. All creatures through oneness to life have been called. And kings were through oneness as models installed. Such is the result of oneness. Were heaven not pure it might be rent. Were earth not stable it might be bent. Were minds not ensouled they'd be impotent. Were valleys not filled they'd soon be spent. When creatures are lifeless who can their death prevent? Are kings not models, but on highness bent, Their fall, forsooth, is imminent. Thus, the noble come from the commoners as their root, and the high rest upon the lowly as their foundation. Therefore, princes and kings call themselves orphans, widowers, and nobodies. Is this not because they [representing the unity of the commoners] take lowliness as their root? The several parts of a carriage are not a carriage. Those who have become a unity are neither anxious to be praised with praise like a gem, nor disdained with disdain like a stone."