2. The unwrought material, when divided and distributed, forms vessels. The sage, when employed, becomes the Head of all the Officers (of government); and in his greatest regulations he employs no violent measures.
, 'Returning to Simplicity.' The chapter sets forth humility and simplicity, an artless freedom from all purpose, as characteristic of the man of To, such as he was in the primeval time. 'The sage' in par. 2 may be 'the Son of Heaven,'--the Head of all rule in the kingdom, or the feudal lord in a state.