Chapter 29 of the Silk Book Tao Te Ching: Make a Big System without Cutting.

Original translation

Park San is a tool, the sage is an official, and the husband is unified without cutting. I will take the whole world to do it. I saw it paid off. The world is an artifact and must be done. Those who do lose, and those who do lose. Things either go or follow, or boo or blow, or strong or strong, or repair or fall. So saints go to Thailand, luxury.

The complete dispersion of Tao forms everything. Sages are familiar with this truth and regard it as the criterion for governing the world, so they govern the world fundamentally and do not cling to local phenomena and one-sided concepts.

If I want to replace the original mode of operation of the world with my own preferences, I can foresee that I will not succeed. Everything in the world follows the invisible Tao, and it is impossible to control them in a specific way. Sticking to a certain state will definitely damage the world, and sticking to a certain way will definitely deviate from the world.

Everything in the world is active or passive, slow or urgent, strong or weak, increasing or decreasing, and each has its own way of operation. Therefore, saints stay away from excessive and one-sided behaviors such as "what", "Thai" and "luxury".

Detailed explanation

First, the park is a utensil, the sage is a magistrate, and the husband does not cut it.

"simplicity" is a complete Tao, "instrument" is everything, "use" is familiarity and understanding, and "official" is the criterion. "Big system" is to rule the world fundamentally, "nothing" is not to stay or persist, and "cutting" is a partial phenomenon and one-sided concept.

This sentence means that all things are formed by the complete dispersion of Tao. Sages are familiar with this truth and regard it as the criterion for governing the world, so they govern the world fundamentally, instead of clinging to local phenomena and one-sided concepts.

This sentence mainly talks about the sage's one-sided concept of ruling the world by Tao, rather than clinging to local phenomena.

Second, I want to take the world and do it. I saw it paid off. The world is an artifact and must be done. Those who do lose, and those who do lose.

"I want to occupy the world and do it. I see that it has paid off. " "Desire" is preference and "take" is substitution. I can foresee that if I want to replace the original mode of operation of the world with my own preferences, I will not succeed.

"Artifacts in the world are also indispensable." "God" refers to the invisible law, "artifact" refers to everything in the world running in accordance with the invisible Tao, and "behavior" refers to clinging to a certain way and controlling it. This sentence means that everything in the world follows the invisible Tao, but it can't be controlled in a specific way.

"If this person loses, the person who holds it loses." "Failure" means damage and "loss" means deviation. This sentence means that clinging to a certain state will definitely damage the world, and clinging to a certain way will definitely deviate from the world.

The above sentence mainly says that you can't govern the world by clinging to your own preferences, because everything in the world runs in an invisible way and can't be controlled in a specific way.

Third, things either go or follow, or boo or blow, or be strong or embarrassed, or cultivate or degenerate. So saints go to Thailand, luxury.

"Things either go or follow, or boo or blow, or strong or awkward, or repair or fall." The meaning of this sentence is that everything in the world is either active or passive, slow or urgent, strong or weak, increasing or decreasing, and each has its own way of operation.

"It is a saint who goes to Thailand for luxury." "Go" means to stay away, and "very", "Thai" and "extravagant" are all excessive and one-sided behaviors. Therefore, saints should stay away from excessive and one-sided behaviors, such as "kindness" and "luxury".

The above two sentences mainly tell the world that everything in the world runs in its own way, so saints stay away from excessive and one-sided behavior.

Summary: This chapter is mainly about the fact that saints can't rule the world by Tao, don't cling to local phenomena, don't cling to one-sided ideas, and don't cling to their own preferences.