Tao Te Ching Ch.22: The Crooked Becomes Whole (圣人抱一)

曲qū则zé全quán，枉wǎng则zé直zhí，洼wā则zé盈yíng，敝bì则zé新xīn，少shǎo则zé得dé，多duō则zé惑huò。

1The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new.

是shì以yǐ圣shèng人rén抱bào一yī为wéi天tiān下xià式shì。

2He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray.

不bù自zì见jiàn，故gù明míng；不bù自zì是shì，故gù彰zhāng；不bù自zì伐fá，故gù有yǒu功gōng；不bù自zì矜jīn，故gù长cháng。

3Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world.

夫fú唯wéi不bù争zhēng，故gù天tiān下xià莫mò能néng与yǔ之zhī争zhēng。

4He is free from self-display, and therefore he shines; from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished; from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged; from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority.

古gǔ之zhī所suǒ谓wèi“曲qū则zé全quán”者zhě，岂qǐ虚xū言yán哉zāi！

5It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.

诚chéng全quán而ér归guī之zhī。

6That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete' was not vainly spoken:--all real completion is comprehended under it.