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"From coming out to life to going back to death: Those companions (t'u) of life, They are one-third (shih-yu-san); Those companions of death, They are one-third; Those living but moving toward the place of death, They are also one-third. Why? Because of the intense (hou) life-producing activity. I have heard that one who knows how to nourish life, On land meets no tigers or wild buffaloes, In battle needs to wear no armors or weapons, A wild buffalo has nowhere to butt its horns, A tiger has nowhere to sink its claws, A weapon has nowhere to enter its blade. Why? Because such a one has no place of death."