1.What do you think is the message of the excerpt?

2.What does Lao Tzu mean in the line "The weak overcomes the strong, The soft surpasses the hard"?

3.What do you think is the meaning of the 3rd stanza?

4.How does the last word "paradoxical" relate to the entire message of the excerpt?

5.Who or what does the word "master" in the 3rd stanza refer to? Explain further.​