Chapter 13 in Tao Te Ching talks about how to deal with disgrace and misfortune, which are both important parts of the Tao. On the whole, chapter thirteen is consisted of 4 parts. First two lines are an introduction which brings up the two main elements in this chapter: Disgrace and misfortune, meanwhile it directly tells us two conclusions: Accept disgrace willingly and accept misfortune as the human condition. Then, in line 3 to line 6 Lao Zi explains to us where does the conclusion on disgrace comes from. I strongly agree with his reasoning in this part and I particularly like his expression of “being unimportant,” which seems like a very modern idea and evokes thoughts about self-awareness. The next three lines are the most well-known part of chapter thirteen in China. It leads us to go further on this topic, further than self-awareness, until the idea of extracting the self from the body. At last, there comes the greatest theme of Tao Te Ching, which is the “nature.” Everything before are about individual, and now Lao Zi enlightens us by telling us the self-transcendence is the hidden path that leads us to the nature.