The Way of heaven and earth favors nothing and no-one: just as the straw dogs used in religious ritual are burnt when they are finished with, the dao allows all things in nature to regulate themselves and each other, and they all live and grow and have their being.
天地之道，無所偏愛，就像草狗用完順手燒掉一般，它聽任自然萬物自相治理，萬物並作。