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A GREAT country is like the lowland toward which all
streams flow.
It is the Reservoir of all under heaven,
the Feminine of the
world.
The Feminine always conquers the Masculine by
her
quietness, by lowering herself through her
quietness.
Hence, if a great country can lower itself
before a
small country, it will win over the small country; and if
a
small country can lower itself before a great country, it
will win
over the great country. The one wins by
stooping; the other, by
remaining low.
What a great country wants is simply to
embrace
more people; and what a small country wants is simply
to
come to serve its patron. Thus, each gets what it
wants. But it
behooves a great country to lower itself.
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