Yet still his female feebleness
maintains;
As
to one channel flow the many drains,
All come to him, yea, all beneath the sky.
Thus he the
constant excellence retains;
The simple child again, free from all stains.
Who knows how white attracts,
Yet
always keeps himself within black's shade,
The pattern of humility displayed,
Displayed in view
of all beneath the sky;
He
in the unchanging excellence arrayed,
Endless return to man's first state has made.
Who knows how glory shines,
Yet
loves disgrace, nor e'er for it is pale;
Behold his presence in a spacious vale,
To which men
come from all beneath the sky.
The unchanging excellence completes its tale;
The simple infant man
in him we hail.
The
unwrought material, when divided and distributed, forms
vessels. The sage, when employed, becomes the Head of all the
Officers
(of government);
and in his greatest
regulations he employs no violent measures.
