The Tao never strives, yet nothing is left undone.
If leaders were able to adhere to it
the ten thousand things
would develop of their own accord.
If after they have developed
they experience desires to strive,
they can bury those desires
under the nameless Uncarved Block.

The nameless Uncarved Block can protect against desire.
When desires are restrained there will be peace,
and then all under heaven will be at rest.