Genuineness

"Make the upright rule the nation. Make the crafty conduct the army. Make him who takes no measures emperor. How do I know that this is what ought to be done? I know it from this : - When the world has many prohibitory enactments, the people become more and more poor. When the people have many warlike weapons, the government gets more into trouble. The more craft and ingenuity that men have, the greater the number of fantastical things that come out. And, as works of cunning art are more displayed, thieves multiply. Therefore the sage says, "I do nothing, and the people are spontaneously transformed. I love quietness, and the people are spontaneously rectified. I take no measures, and the people become spontaneously rich. I have no lusts, and the people become spontaneously simple-minded.""