《老子道德经(英译本)Lao Tze》76. Flexibility

　　A newborn is soft and tender,

　　A crone, hard and stiff.

　　Plants and animals, in life, are supple and succulent;

　　In death, withered and dry.

　　So softness and tenderness are attributes of life,

　　And hardness and stiffness, attributes of death.

　　Just as a sapless tree will split and decay

　　So an inflexible force will meet defeat;

　　The hard and mighty lie beneath the ground

　　While the tender and weak dance on the breeze above.