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"The way of heaven, Is it not like stretching a bow? What is high up is pressed down, What is low down is lifted up; What has surplus (yu yü) is reduced, What is deficient (pu tsu) is supplemented. The way of heaven, It reduces those who have surpluses, To supplement those who are deficient. The human way is just not so. It reduces those who are deficient, To offer those who have surpluses. Who can offer his surpluses to the world? Only a person of Tao. Therefore the sage works (wei) without holding on to, Accomplishes without claiming credit. Is it not because he does not want to show off his merits?"