老子道德经(英译本)Lao Tze 36. Opposition

作者：《Lao Tze》李耳

• To reduce someone’s influence, first expand it;
  To reduce someone’s force, first increase it;
  To overthrow someone, first exalt them;
  To take from someone, first give to them.
  
  This is the subtlety by which the weak overcome the strong:
  Fish should not leave their depths,
  And swords should not leave their scabbards.