天下莫柔弱於水
而攻堅強者莫之能勝也
以其無以易之也

弱之勝強
柔之勝剛
天下莫弗知也

莫之能行也

All things under the sky are no softer and weaker than water
But, on overcoming the hard and strong, nothing can surpass it
This is because nothing can displace its softness

That the weak overcomes the strong
And the soft overcomes the stiff
Is not something that man under the sky does not know

But, man is not willing to do