Heaven endures;earth lasts a long time.
The reason why heaven and earth can endure and last a long time---
Is that they do not live for themselves.
Therefore they can long endure
...Therefore the sage:
Puts himself in the background yet finds himself in the foreground;
Put self-concern out of his mind, yet finds self-concern in the fore;
Put self-concern out of his mind, yet finds his self-concern is preserved.
Is it not because he has no self-interest,
That he is therefore able to realize his self-interest?