What makes a great state is its being (like) a low-lying, down-flowing (stream); it becomes the centre to which tend (all the small states) under heaven. (To illustrate from) the case of all females: the female always overcomes the male by her stillness.
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Nyika dzakakura dzinofanira kunge semheyo inotenderera, iri pasi rechikamu chinoitirana humambo hwose hwavanhu. Mhando ndiyo nzvimbo yokuzviona zvese. Mufananidzo: hama dzinorema dzinogona kubvisa dzimwe hama dzinorema nokurara pasi. Nokudzikama, hama dzinorema dzinowana rubatsiro. Saka kana nyika yakakura ichizvishaira kune inochengeta, inowana rudo rwavo; kana nyika yochengeta ichizvishaira kune nyika yakakura, inowana kuchengetedzwa kwayo. Kune zvikonzero zviviri - rimwe zvinowana rudo nerubatsiro, rimsiro rinowana kuchengetedzwa nerudo. Nyika yakakura haifungei kushanda kwemashure ayo, asi inoda kuwedzera varanda; nyika yochengeta haifungei kushanda kwemashure ayo, asi inoda kuwana mubati. Vari Vese Vari Vanodaidzwa Vanowana Zvavanoda Nokuzvishaira.
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