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"When alive humans are soft and weak; When dead they are hard and stiff. Grass and trees are soft and fresh when alive; When dead they dry up and wither away. Thus That which is hard and stiff belongs to the dead; That which is soft and weak belongs to the living. That is why A strong but stiff army is bound to lose; A strong but stiff tree is bound to break. The hard and stiff are inferior; The soft and weak are superior."