【释义】金属之所以被折断，是因为其太过刚硬了，流水之所以能保全，是因为其柔和；高山之所以被挖掘，是因为其高大，而山谷之所以能安全无事，是因为其低下。【延伸】刚强耿直的人，容易受挫折、遭打击；柔和无争的人，则能够保全自己。刚强的克星，是温柔。

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

译文：富庶之地的百姓，善于经商，抓住时机谋利，财富积累到巨万。

We are all ghosts of ourselves, haunting the places we once lived.