Therefore the Sage rules by emptying their hearts and filling their bellies, weakening their intelligence and toughening their sinews even striving to make the people knowledgeless and desireless .
是以圣人之治,虚其心,实其腹,弱其志,强其骨,常使民无知无欲
属类:习语名句-道德经--
The people of the world make merry as though at a holiday feast or a spring carnival. I alone am inactive and desireless , like a new-born baby who cannot yet smile, unattached, as though homeless.