On Occupying the Throne

"Govern a great kingdom as you would cook small fry (without gutting or scraping). When one brings Tau with him to the government of the world, ghosts will not become active spirits. It is not that ghosts will not become active spirits, but the spirits (or ghosts) will not injure men. Once more, it is not the spirits (or ghosts) that will not injure men, it is the sage himself that will not injure men. Forasmuch as he and they do not injure each other, their virtues converge to one beneficent end."