I have no parents - I make the heavens and earth my parents.

I have no home - I make awareness my home.

I have no life or death - I make the tides of breathing my life and death.

I have no divine power - I make honesty my divine power.

I have no means - I make understanding my means.

I have no magic secrets - I make character my magic secret.

I have no body - I make endurance my body.

I have no eyes - I make the flash of lightning my eyes.

I have no ears - I make sensibility my ears.

I have no limbs - I make promptness my limbs.

I have no strategy - I make "unshadowed by thought" my strategy.

I have no designs - I make "seizing the opportunity by the forelock" my design.

I have no miracles - I make right action my miracles.

I have no principles - I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles.

I have no tactics - I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.

I have no talents - I make ready wit my talent.

I have no friends - I make my mind my friend.

I have no enemy - I make carelessness my enemy.

I have no armor - I make benevolence and righteousness my armor.

I have no castle - I make immovable mind my castle.

I have no sword - I make absence of self my sword.

• I have no parents; I make the Heavens and the Earth my parents.
• I have no home; I make the Tan T'ien my home. (Tan T'ien = self)
  
• I have no divine power; I make honesty my Divine Power.
• I have no means; I make Docility my means.
• I have no magic power; I make personality my Magic Power.
• I have neither life nor death; I make A Um my Life and Death. (A Um = neverending soul)
  
  
• I have no body; I make Stoicism my Body.
• I have no eyes; I make The Flash of Lightening my eyes.
• I have no ears; I make Sensibility my Ears.
• I have no limbs; I make Promptitude my Limbs.
• I have no laws; I make Self-Protection my Laws.
• I have no strategy; I make the Right to Kill and the Right to Restore Life my Strategy.
• I have no designs; I make Seizing the Opportunity by the Forelock my Designs.
• I have no miracles; I make Righteous Laws my Miracle.
• I have no principles; I make Adaptability to all circumstances my Principle.
• I have no tactics; I make Emptiness and Fullness my Tactics.
  
  
• I have no talent; I make Ready Wit my Talent.
• I have no friends; I make my Mind my Friend.
• I have no enemy; I make Incautiousness my Enemy.
• I have no armour; I make Benevolence my Armour.
• I have no castle; I make Immovable Mind my Castle.
• I have no sword; I make No Mind my Sword.