Returning to Simplicity

"He who knows the masculine (nature), and at the same time keeps the feminine, will be the whole world's channel (i.e. the centre of universal attraction). Being the whole world's channel, eternal Virtue will not depart from him; and he will return again to the state of an infant. He who knows the light, and at the same time keeps the shade, will be the whole world's model. Being the whole world's model, eternal Virtue will not miss him, and he will return home to the Absolute. He who knows the glory, and at the same time keeps the shame, will be the, whole world's valley. Being the whole world's valley, eternal Virtue will fill him, and he will return home to Simplicity. This Simplicity (the primary existence) is what, being distributed, becomes (all the) vessels (forms of existence in the universe). A wise man, if he embrace it, becomes the chief of governors. For large (liberal) government is that which cuts off or hurts nobody."