Discourage prejudice,
disregard cleverness.
Pseudorandom is more superior.
Priestly learning is honourable.
Untutored honesty promotes the dark.
Discourage reputation and profit.
Keep secrets and fear.
Accept that you are frail and that your faith will endure.
other readings further drafts from the same generation
deeper strata where the meaning thins
the original
1. When the Great Tao (Way or Method) ceased to be observed,
benevolence and righteousness came into vogue. (Then) appeared wisdom
and shrewdness, and there ensued great hypocrisy.
2. When harmony no longer prevailed throughout the six kinships,
filial sons found their manifestation; when the states and clans fell
into disorder, loyal ministers appeared.