Favor and disgrace are both causes for shock.

When one is favored, one is shocked.

When one is disgraced, one is also shocked.

That is because people forget the true value of the unadorned, plain essence of 
life.

If they knew this clearly, then what is meant by saying that favor and disgrace

are both causes of shock?

Favor is no higher than disgrace.

What is meant by saying that the greatest trouble is the strong sense of

individual self that people carry in all circumstances?

People are beset with great trouble because they define their lives so narrowly.
If they forsake their narrow sence of self and live wholly, then what can they

call trouble?

Therefore, only one who dedicates himself to the wholeness of the world is fit 

to tend the world.

Only one who relinquishes the self can be entrusted with responsibility for the

life of the world.