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Losing the goat with ease No regrets

Regrets pass The missing horse Should not be pursued: it returns on its own Upon seeing the worst in others Simply avoid mistakes

Rearranging the town does not change the well Neither losing nor gaining, Whether leaving or arriving, the well is the well To nearly reach But then to fall short with the well rope Or to damage its bucket Is disappointing

Fulfillment Shock brings fear and alarm And mirthful words and echoing laughter The thunder startles for a hundred li * around But do not let drop the ladle of sacred wine

The shock comes with adversity A hundred thousand times one loses possessions And scrambles up the nine hills To not give chase Means seven days to gain

The shock whether going or coming is trouble The intentions* will not be lost where there is work to be done

The wanderer sets fire to their camp And fails the young assistant Persisting is hard to do

Like a bird that burns its own nest This strange individual begins to laugh Then follows with wailing and weeping Forfeiting cattle in the exchange Disappointing

Subtleties happening under the bed Losing some valuables and an axe Constancy has its pitfalls

The matron loses her carriage’s veil To not pursue this Means seven days to gain

Over the mountain there is thunder Smallness in excess The noble young one, accordingly, in conduct will exceed in respect In loss will exceed in sorrow In practice will exceed in economy

How consummate (is) receptivity’s source! The myriad beings (are) provided with life And so, (in) acceptance, inherit the sky Accepting (with) generosity upholds the outer world Character accommodates without drawing boundaries Comprehending vastness, exemplifying wholeness The varieties of beings (are) joined in fulfillment The mare (is) the earth’s kindred spirit (And) wanders an earth with no borders Gentleness (and) acceptance reward persistence: The noble young one’s purpose in going To initiate confusion (is) to stray from the way To follow (with) acceptance (is) to learn the principles West (to) south, find companions: And so, with the help of one’s kind, make progress East (to) north, forgo companions: Although, in the end, there will be rewards Securing the certain holds promise: The response to a world without limits

34.5x Losing the goat with ease: The position (was) not appropriate

Arousal (means) fulfillment Shock brings fear (and) alarm: The fear leads to well-being Mirthful words (and) echoing laughter: After there is a precedent The thunder startles (for) a hundred li (around): Disturbing the distant and frightening the near Do not let drop the ladle of sacred wine: Emerge fit to guard the ancestral shrine, the altars to place (and) to grain (And) thereby perform the offerings (with) mastery

51.5x The shock (whether) going (or) coming (is) trouble: Exposure (in) action * (Where) one’s work to be done lies in the middle Completely without loss

56.3x The wanderer sets fire to their camp: And (only) then considers the harm here * Until (one) wanders with humility This principle (is) lost

56.6x Considering that the wanderer is at the top This one is understandably burned * Forfeiting cattle in the exchange: In the end, nobody comes to enquire

57.6x Subtle (things) happening under the bed: The top (is) exhausted * Losing some valuables (and) an axe: “Correct” along with unfortunate