The 1971 film uses the title to frame its exploration of human fragility and the thin "veneer of civilization".
: 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)
: 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.