In this chapter, we are told that good and evil cannot coexist. The light of heaven and the darkness of earth can never coexist. This is because heaven and earth do not live, or for, themselves. Therefore, the sage treats his own person as if he were foreign, and yet he is preserved.
In this chapter, we are told that good and evil cannot coexist. The light of heaven and the darkness of earth can never coexist. This is because heaven and earth do not live, or for, themselves. Therefore, the sage treats his own person as if he were foreign, and yet he is preserved.