You can rule a country with laws.
You can win a war with cunning.
But to truly hold a kingdom,
you must do nothing on purpose.

How do I know this?
Because:

The more laws you pass,
the poorer the people become.
The more clever inventions appear,
the more chaos unfolds.
The more tools to chase profit,
the more confusion and theft.
The more rules you impose,
the more rebels arise.

That’s why the sage says:
“I do nothing, and the people transform.
I stay still, and the people align.
I avoid striving, and the people prosper.
I have no ambitions, and the people return to simplicity.”