with but a small understanding

　　one may follow the way like a main road,

　　fearing only to leave it;

　　following a main road is easy,

　　yet people delight in difficult paths. when palaces are kept up

　　fields are left to weeds

　　and granaries empty;

　　wearing fine clothes,

　　bearing sharp swords,

　　glutting with food and drink,

　　hoarding wealth and possessions -

　　these are the ways of theft,

　　and far from the way.