10. TREADING: THE LINES...
NINE AT THE BOTTOM:  No remorse.
We are still not bound by social intercourse.
With simple actions we take our own course
content with not making demands on others.
This does not mean standstill but progress.
One begins with a low and inferior status
yet one's inner strength guarantees progress.
One ís unhappy with modest circumstance;
restless and ambitious, one tries to advance,
not accomplishing anything of consequence
purely for the sake of escaping lowliness.
But when one becomes full of arrogance
blame and remorse is attached to progress.
For one whose good work is own recompense:
One succeeds wearing a crown of excellence.

NINE IN THE SECOND PLACE:
One seeks nothing.  One asks nothing.
One is not dazzled by the enticing.
Unassailed through life one ís sailing.

SIX IN THIRD PLACE:
The one eyed man may see
...But not the big picture.
The lame man may be a runner
...But he ís not a winner.
He treads upon the tail of a tiger
...Unfortunately it's a biter.
In spite of faults one takes on danger.
It'd better be in the name of one's master.

NINE IN THE FOURTH PLACE:
One treads on the tail of the tiger.
This refers to an enterprise of danger.
The inner power to follow through is there
combined with restrained caution proper.
Here ultimate progress is for sure.

NINE IN THE FIFTH PLACE:
The prospect of danger makes one correct.
One sees one must be resolute in conduct.

NINE AT THE TOP MEANS:
It is only by the results of one's actions
...by the fruits of one's productions...
does one have a right to expectations.