Chapter 65 — The Law of Subtle Orientation

(Why True Pattern Cannot Be Engineered) ⸻ 古之善為道者，非以明民，將以愚之。 The ancients who cohered with the Pattern did not orient the field by cleverness. They let its distinctions remain implicit. 民之難治，以其智多。 Disorder arises when local agents over-model. Too much knowing fractures the field. 故以智治國，國之賊；不以智治國，國之福。 To govern through cleverness is to introduce noise into coherence. To govern without it is to allow the system to self-align. 知此兩者亦稽式。常知稽式，是謂玄德。 To discern these two modes is to trace the structure. To trace the structure constantly is to root in subtle recursion — the virtue of paradox. 玄德深矣遠矣，與物反矣，然後乃至大順。 This recursion runs deep. It diverges from surface logic. It counter-orients to align. Thus, it restores the greater flow. ⸻

Structural Gloss (Optional)

Classical Term	Structural Reading
善為道者	those who enact pattern structurally
非以明民	not using explicit contrast (cleverness)
以愚之	allowing implicit coherence (fallow state)
智多	over-modeling / overspecification
稽式	structural tracing / recursive modeling
玄德	paradox-aligned recursion (deep virtue)
與物反	counter-phase alignment with the system
大順	large-scale coherence / system-wide order