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"The world has its fetal beginning That can be considered the mother of the world. You have to have gotten to this mother, Before you can understand her progeny. And once you have understood her progeny, If you go back and safeguard the mother, You will live to the end of your days without danger. Block up the openings And shut the gateways, And to the end of your days your energies will not be used up. But if you vent the openings And multiply your responsibilities, To the end of your days you will be incurable. Making out the small is real acuity (ming), Safeguarding the weak is real strength. Taking into account the way things reveal themselves, If you go back again and rely upon your acuity, You will stay clear of calamities. This is what is called according with common sense."