When one gives undivided attention to the (vital) breath, and brings it to the utmost degree of pliancy, he can become as a (tender) babe.

专气致柔，能如？

Had Yule been content to manufacture a novel or a play with due disregard for literary honour, he might perchance have made a mercantile success; but the poor fellow had not pliancy enough for this.

如果尤尔满足于创作一部小说或一部戏剧, 且适当无视文学荣誉, 他也许会取得商业上;但这个可怜家伙没有足够韧性。