Gold and Jade
Translation by Tree Buffalo
Over-filling your cup is not as good as stopping in time.
Sharpening and beating your blade will not make it last forever.
Gold and jade-filled halls cannot guard their own riches.
High rank and arrogance poise themselves for their own downfall.
When the task is done stop tasking the self.
This is how Nature tasks.
Read some of the first English translations of Chapter 9 here.
