Subtitle Straw Dogs ✭ [VERIFIED]

: A "Sage" or ideal ruler is encouraged to mirror this indifference, treating all people equally and without sentimental bias, rather than practicing "benevolence" ( ren ) which could lead to partiality or interference with natural order. 2. Sam Peckinpah’s Film (1971)

In Chapter 5 of the Tao Te Ching , Lao Tzu writes: "Heaven and Earth are not humane; they regard all things as straw dogs" . subtitle Straw Dogs

: The text uses this to describe the Tao (the Way) as impersonal. Nature does not care for humans more than any other part of creation; it creates and destroys with complete neutrality. : A "Sage" or ideal ruler is encouraged