On the last day of reading I will focus on what this chapter means. To begin, much like I have said in the previous posts, the meaning of this chapter is that we should not give too much importance to material things. For instance, this is proven with the following sentence: "And so, what is there is the basis for profit; What is not there is the basis for use" (Laozi, 11). This chapter is mostly a critique of the concept of materialism and seeks to teach its readers to try to live a simpler life without great amounts of material goods, and go back to giving more importance to nature (…