1. How trivial to endure fate's turns,
When opposed, it breaks;

2. Open your chest to it, neither anxious
Nor conceited at what comes.

3. How anxious you've been when misfortune struck,
Though, when it happened, it brought no harm.

4. You looked to what's easy to attain
Until when attained, it diminished.

5. Take the pure that comes your way
And leave murkiness to its causes.

6. Renounce nature and its accord
For if you overcome it, you've conquered.

7. Fire rises if you aim it.
Water flows down if you force it up.