Chapter 66

江海之所以能為百谷王者，以其善下之，故能為百谷王。
是以聖人欲上民，必以言下之；
欲先民，必以身後之。
是以聖人處上而民不重，處前而民不害。
是以天下樂推而不厭。
以其不爭，故天下莫能與之爭。

The rivers and the sea can be kings of the hundred valleys because they are good at staying below them; so they can be kings of the hundred valleys.
So the sage, wishing to be above the people, must put himself below them in his words;
wishing to be ahead of the people, must put himself behind them in his person.
That is why the sage stays above and the people do not find him heavy, stays ahead and the people do not feel harmed.
That is why the world gladly pushes him forward and never tires of him.
Because he does not contend, no one in the world can contend with him.