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"Not promoting those of superior character Will save the common people from becoming contentious. Not prizing property that is hard to come by Will save them from becoming thieves. Not making a show of what might be desired Will save them from becoming disgruntled. It is for this reason that in the proper governing by the sages: They empty the hearts-and-minds of the people and fill their stomachs, They weaken their aspirations and strengthen their bones, Ever teaching the common people to be unprincipled in their knowing (wuzhi) And objectless in their desires (wuyu), They keep the hawkers of knowledge at bay. It is simply in doing things noncoercively (wuwei) That everything is governed properly."