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"Governing a great state, Is like cooking small fish. If you rule the world by Tao, The ghosts (kuei) will lose their spiritual (shen) power. Not that the ghosts lose their spiritual power, But their spiritual power will not harm the people. Not that their spiritual power will not harm the people, But neither does the sage harm the people. Since both are harmless, Te flows back and forth [without impediment]."