There is no value higher than life. Since knowledge gives people the false sense that there are values higher than life, leaders must not mislead people onto the path of knowledge. In the ideal state both ruler and people have forsaken the path of knowledge for the simplicity of nature. Such people love life and forsake death. The power to kill is vested in Heaven alone. Trying to control another’s fate is like trying to take the master carpenter’s place. When you handle the master carpenter’s tools, chances are that you’ll hurt yourself, or ruin the tools.