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A great government is one that makes its self lowly.
The people may follow lowly actions, and
The whole country becomes peaceful.
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A wife by quiet means controls the husband,
When she places her self beneath him.
Similarly, great countries may control smaller ones,
By placing themselves beneath those smaller countries.
Or little countries may control larger ones,
By being able to place themselves beneath those larger countries.
Both must acquire that which they need to survive; thus
The great country sometimes submits to the small one.