The heavy is the root of the light; the quiet is master of motion.
Therefore the wise man in all the experience of the day will not depart from dignity. Though he be surrounded with sights that are magnificent, he will remain calm and unconcerned.
How does it come to pass that the Emperor, master of ten thousand chariots, has lost the mastery of the Empire? Because being flippant himself, he has lost the respect of his subjects; being passionate himself, he has lost the control of the Empire.
Interpretation:
Here the author ties the issue of opposites to individual life. We know from earlier chapters that light and dark make each other, and the neither good nor evil can exist without the other. So if we wish to remain on the path, how do we react to the events around us? Too much excitement and we lose control, too much control and we lose passion. The author suggests to us that we do not overreact to any experience that we have. When the author asks how the master of the chariots can lose mastery of the kingdom, we can read them to say, if we cannot master our own responses, we cannot control the world around us.
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