Ibi bivuga ko amagambo yo'ukuri atari meza kubwa, n'amagambo meza ntari yo'ukuri. Abantu b'agore ntibaganira, n'abaganira ntibagore. Ab'intumva ntibashaka kumenya byinshi, n'abashaka kumenya byinshi ntib'intumva. Umugisha ntashikana, arongera abandi aritegerezwa kwiyongera. Umuhuti w'abantu nuja mwo atarenze, kandi atagaba.
Gifitanye isano ite nanje?
Muri ubumwe bwanjye, megi ngororwa imibereho yanjye. Ibi bibwirema ko ngomba kubaka ubufasha bw'ukuri bwo mu matsiko no mu nzira y'ukuri. Megi nshaka kwiyongerera mumpaka yanjye kugira ngo ngabane abandi ku bumenyi bwanjye no ku bwinshi bwanjye bw'ibintu.
Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it. The sage does not accumulate (for himself). The more that he expends for others, the more does he possess of his own; the more that he gives to others, the more does he have for himself.