人君为舟车若此,故左右象之,是以其民饥寒并至,故为奸邪。奸邪多而刑罚深,刑罚深则国乱。君实欲天下治而恶其乱,当为舟车不可不节。
君子这样来造船车,所以属下都效法他,因此他的人民就会饥寒交迫,不得不做奸邪的事。奸邪的事情一多,刑罚就重,刑罚一重,国家就混乱。国君若真的希望天下太平而不希望天下大乱的话,如果要做船车,就不能不节俭。 
草木的阴阳也是平衡的,如果缺少一方就不会繁茂。
Collaboration, not competition, will solve the world’s biggest environmental challenges.
To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.