| 58.1.1 |
(When) his administration is dispirited and
muffled,
his people are dull. |
| 58.1.2 |
(When) his administration is
scrutinizing,
his people are (found) shortcomings and (feeling)
lacking. |
| 58.2.1 |
Ah! Misfortune is what fortune leans
on.
(And) fortune is where misfortune is hiding. |
| 58.2.2 |
Whoever knows the extremities (of fortune and
misfortune)?
(Can) he not (be) right? |
| 58.2.3 |
The right reverts to the odd,
(and) good luck
reverts to weirdness. |
| 58.3.1 |
Man has been entrenched in losing their way by
long time (practice already). |
| 58.3.2 |
This is why the sage is upright but not
exploiting and harming (his people).
Be cleanhanded but not
stingy.
Be candid but not presumptuous. |
| 58.3.3 |
(And) be shining but not
dazzling. |
