Abandon holiness Discard cleverness and the people will benefit a hundredfold Abandon the rules of "kindness" Discard "righteous" actions and the people will return to their own natural affections Abandon book learning Discard the rules of behaviour and the people will have no worries Abandon plots and schemes Discard profit-seeking and the people will not become thieves

These lessons are mere elaborations The essence of my teachings is this: See with original purity Embrace with original simplicity Reduce what you have Decrease what you want