Chapter 13

Praise and blame seem alarming
Esteem and great sorrow are like the soul
Why is it said
Praise and blame seem alarming?
Praise makes low
Getting it seems alarming
Losing it seems alarming
Therefore
Praise and blame seem alarming
Why is it said
Esteem and great sorrow are like the soul?
I am one of those whose great sorrow
Is my having a soul
Were I without a soul
What sorrow have I?
So
If you esteem your soul as the World
Then you can govern the World
If you love your soul as the World
Then you can be entrusted with the World