治大国，若烹小鲜。以道蒞天下，其鬼不神，非其鬼不神；其神不伤人，非其神不伤人。圣人亦不伤人。夫两不相伤，故德交归焉。

Te Ching Chapter Sixty

Ruling a great nation is like frying small fish.

When they are over stirred, they will break into pieces.

Guide the world with Tao,

Then the spiritual beings would lose their power.

It is in fact not that the spiritual beings had lost their power,

But that their spiritual power cannot harm people,

But that the true nature of the saint has harmonized with the spiritual power and hence will cause no harm.

Since they both do not harm each other,

Therefore they will harmonize with the true virtue to embrace the Oneness, Tao.