Channel the World
Translation by Tree Buffalo
By knowing the male but keeping to the female, you channel the world’s stream.
Channeling the stream is constant power, returning you again to the state of a new-born baby.
By knowing the light but keeping to the dark, you set an example for the world.
Setting an example is constant power, returning you again to the state of no limits.
By knowing the honor but keeping to the humility, you channel the world’s valley.
Channeling the valley is constant power, returning you again to the state of simplicity.
When simplicity is carved up, it turns into tools.
Wise people use these tools to become enduring officials, but great leaders have no need to carve anything.
Read some of the first English translations of Chapter 28 here.
