A living man is soft and delicate!
But in death, is hard and unbendable!

So the hard and inflexible are the followers of death
The soft and flexible the followers of life
So strong force will not conquer

The strongest tree gets the axe
Strength and greatness are inferior
And softness and flexibility superior

人之生也柔弱
其死也堅強

故堅強者死之徒
柔弱者生之徒
故兵強則不勝

木強則折
強大處下
柔弱處上