Chapter Nineteen
Stop being learned and your troubles will end.
Give up wisdom, discard cleverness,
and the people will benefit a hundredfold.
Give up benevolence, discard moral judgments, .’~
and the people will rediscover natural compassion.
Give up shrewdness, discard gain,
and thieves and robbers will disappear.
These three false adornments are not enough to live by.
They must give way to something more solid.
Look for what is simple and hold onto the Uncarved Block.
Diminish thoughts of self and restrain desires.
