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"What I have to say is very easy to understand And is very easy to carry out, Yet there is no one in the world who is able to understand it And no one who is able to put it into practice. Now what is said has its lineage And what is done has its lord. It is only because it requires unprincipled knowing (wuzhi) That they do not understand me. But if those who understand me are rare, I am to be highly prized. Thus the sages dress in burlap Yet conceal jade in their bosom."