〖道德经〗 第 35 章

执大象
天下往。
往而不害
安平太。
乐与饵，
过客止。
道之出口淡乎其无味。
视之不足见。
听之不足闻。
用之不足既。

Incorruptibility

Keep to the Great Example, let the world continue; move on without being destructive – content, well-balanced, sublime.

Music and feasts let guests stay for a while. But if Dào is revealed, it appears tasteless and without allure.

One looks for it and does not see it, one listens for it and does not hear it. However, when one uses it, it is inexhaustible.

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〖道德经〗 第 36 章

将欲歙之，必固张之。
将欲弱之，必固强之。
将欲废之，必固兴之。
将欲取之，必固与之。
是谓微明。
柔弱胜刚强。
鱼不可脱于渊，
国之利器
不可以示人。

The Power of the Paradox

What one would like to pull together, one must first expand. What one would like to weaken, one must first strengthen. What one would like to give up, one must first foster. What one would like to take, one must first give: this is called subtle enlightenment.

The soft and the yielding overcome the hard and the rigid. As one may not snatch fish from deep water, so the state should not demonstrate its superior means to the people.

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〖道德经〗 第 37 章

道常无为，
而无不为。
侯王若能守之，
万物将自化。
化而欲作，
吾将镇之以无名之朴。
无名之朴，
夫亦将无欲。
不欲以静，
天下将自定。

The Victory of Contendedness

Dào always acts without intervening and nevertheless, nothing remains undone.

If princes and kings could keep to it, all beings would develop by themselves. If they also desired intervening action, I would protect them through nameless simplicity.

Nameless simplicity will free them from desires. Without desire, and therefore in harmony, in the future the world will be self-determined.

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〖道德经〗 第 38 章

上德不德是以有德。
下德不失德是以无德。
上德无为而无以为。
下德无为而有以为。
上仁为之而无以为。
上义为之而有以为。
上礼为之而莫之以应，
则攘臂而扔之。
故失道而后德。
失德而后仁。
失仁而后义。
失义而后礼。
夫礼者忠信之薄而乱之首。
前识者，
道之华而愚之始。
是以大丈夫，
处其厚，不居其薄。
处其实，不居其华。
故去彼取此。

The Power of Unintentionality

The highest Inner Power seems without Inner Power; therefore, it possesses Inner Power. Lower Inner Power does not let go of the Inner Power; therefore, it is without Inner Power. The deepest Inner Power acts without interfering and thereby unintentionally. Lower Inner Power interferes and intentionally. Highest humanity interferes, but unintentionally. High justice intervenes on purpose. High morality intervenes, and if nobody accommodates, it rolls up its sleeves and forces it.

Hence: when Dào has been lost, it is followed by Inner Power. When Inner Power has been lost, it is followed by humanity. When humanity has been lost, it is followed by justice. When justice has been lost, it is followed by morality. However, bare morality makes faithfulness and sincerity fade away and confusion begins. Prophecies are Dào's adornment; however, this is where stupidity starts.

Therefore, mature people stay within their depth and do not tarry on their surface; they remain in their core and are not fixed to their decoration. Thus, they avoid one thing and choose the other thing.

〖道德经〗 第 39 章

昔之得一者。
天得一以清。
地得一以宁。
神得一以灵。
谷得一以盈。
万物得一以生。
侯王得一以为天下贞。
其致之。
天无以清将恐裂。
地无以宁将恐废。
神无以灵将恐歇。
谷无以盈将恐竭。
万物无以生将恐灭。
侯王无以贞将恐蹶。
故贵以贱为本，
高以下为基。
是以侯王自称孤、寡、不谷。
此非以贱为本邪？
非乎。
至誉无誉。
不欲琭琭如玉
珞珞如石。

Harmony through Simplicity

In ancient times, these things attained inner oneness: Heaven attained oneness and therefore clearness, Earth attained oneness and therefore peace, spirituality attained oneness and hence efficacy, the valleys attained oneness and therefore abundance. Countless creatures attained oneness and therefore they attained life; princes and kings attained oneness and hence they became the world’s role models. All of these things came about through oneness!

A Heaven without its according clearness will fear to tear. Earth without according peace will fear to tumble. Spirituality without according efficacy will fear to vanish. Valleys without according abundance will fear to dry up. Countless creatures without adequate fertility will fear to die out. Rulers without according role models will fear to fall.

Hence, the common serves the noble as a root, the low serves the high as a basis. This is why princes and kings regard themselves as orphans, as lonely and unworthy. Doesn’t this mean making humbleness your basis? Isn’t it like this? This is why highest honour does not need any honour; do not desire to glitter and glisten like a gem, but seek to remain raw and rough like a memorial stone.

〖道德经〗 第 40 章

反者道之动。
弱者道之用。
天下万物生于有，
有生于无。

Returning to Non-Being

Returning is the movement of Dào. Yielding is the practice of Dào.

All things in the world have risen from being, being however has risen from non-being.

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〖道德经〗 第 41 章

上士闻道勤而行之。
中士闻道若存若亡。
下士闻道大笑之。
不笑不足以为道。
故建言有之。
明道若昧。
进道若退。
夷道若□。
上德若谷。
大白若辱。
广德若不足。
建德若偷。
质真若渝。
大方无隅。
大器晚成。
大音希声。
大象无形。
道隐无名。
夫唯道善贷且成。

Unimposing Dào

When judicious people hear of Dào, they make an effort to practise it. When mediocre people hear of Dào, sometimes they keep to it, sometimes they forget it again. When ignorant people hear of Dào, they ridicule it loudly. If they did not ridicule it, it would not act accordingly as Dào.

Therefore, the established saying: the enlightened Dào seems dark, the progressing Dào seems to retreat and the flattened Dào seems rough.

Deepest Inner Power seems ordinary, greatest purity seems stained, comprehensive Inner Power seems insufficient, steadfast Inner Power seems unstable, pure genuineness seems forged.

The biggest quadrangle seems to be without corners, the greatest talents seem to mature late, the greatest music lies in the softest sound and the biggest forms need no shape.

Dào is hidden and incomprehensible and yet, only Dào is able to give and to make complete in this way.

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〖道德经〗 第 42 章

道生一。
一生二。
二生三。
三生万物。
万物负阴而抱阳，
冲气以为和。
人之所恶，
唯孤、寡不谷，
而王公以为称，
故物或损之而益，
或益之而损。
人之所教，
我亦教之，
强梁者，
不得其死。
吾将以为教父。甫

Non-Violent Evolution

Dào created unity, unity created opposites, opposites create third things and these third things create the whole world.

All creatures turn their backs towards the dark and strive for light; thus, united vitality creates harmony.

In principle, people detest being orphans, lonesome and worthless; however, kings and dukes consider themselves in this way. Thus, sometimes creatures lose something and yet they win; sometimes they win and yet they lose.

I teach what others have already taught: violent people die no natural death. Henceforth, I will use this as my philosophy's starting point...

〖道德经〗 第 43 章

天下之至柔，
驰骋天下之至坚。
无有入无间，
吾是以知无为之有益。
不言之教，
无为之益
天下希及之。

The Victory of Softness

The softest things overcome the hardest things in the world.

Being and non-being interpenetrate without a gap.

Hence, I know: acting without interfering has benefits: wordless teaching and the benefits of acting without interfering: only few people in the world reach it.

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〖道德经〗 第 44 章

名与身孰亲。
身与货孰多。
得与亡孰病。
是故甚爱必大费。
多藏必厚亡。
知足不辱。
知止不殆。
可以长久。

True Values

Fame or life, what is closer? Body or property, what weighs more? Gain or loss, what is worse?

Therefore: if you love something too much, this will certainly lead to a lot of waste. If you hoard too much, this will surely lead to heavy loss. If you know what is enough, you will not suffer from disgrace. If you know when to stop, you will not get into danger. Thus, you can last for a long time.

〖道德经〗 第 45 章

大成若缺，其用不弊。
大盈若冲，其用不穷。
大直若屈。
大巧若拙。
大辩若讷。
静胜躁，
寒胜热。
清静为天下正。

The Paradox of Truth
If the greatest perfection seems insufficient, its usefulness is undiminished. If the greatest fullness seems empty, its usefulness is inexhaustible.

Extreme straightness seems bent, great skill seems clumsy, great eloquence seems stuttering.

Movement overcomes coldness, rest overcomes heat. Purity and tranquillity act as universal guidelines.

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〖道德经〗 第 46 章

天下有道，
却走马以粪。
天下无道，
戎马生于郊。
祸莫大于不知足。
咎莫大于欲得。
故知足之足常足矣。

Peaceful Frugality
If the world is with Dào, the race horses are unharnessed for fertilizing. If the world is not with Dào, war horses are raised in the suburbs.

No calamity is bigger than desire; no mischief is bigger than not knowing contentment; no fault is bigger than the greed for profits. Therefore: if you find satisfaction in frugality, you will always have enough.

〖道德经〗 第 47 章

不出户知天下。
不窥牖见天道。
其出弥远，
其知弥少。
是以圣人
不行而知。
不见而明。
不为而成。

Perception and Insight

Without going out of the door, contemplate the world; without looking out of the window, contemplate the heavenly Dào! If you travel far, you will see far less.

Hence, the wise man will not travel but nevertheless he will know; he will not see but nevertheless he will describe; he will not act but nevertheless he will make complete.

〖道德经〗 第 48 章

为学日益。
为道日损。
损之又损，
以至于无为。
无为而不为。
取天下常以无事，
及其有事，
不足以取天下。

Less is More!

To learn means to increase daily, to practise Dào means to decrease daily. Letting go again and again: thus, you will start to act without interfering. Acting without interfering leaves nothing undone.

Only free from bustling, will you conquer the world. If you reach for it whilst bustling about, you will fail to seize the world.

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〖道德经〗 第 49 章

圣人无常心。
以百姓心为心。
善者吾善之。
不善者吾亦善之
德善。
信者吾信之。
不信者吾亦信之、
德信。
圣人在天下歙歙焉，
为天下浑其心。
百姓皆注其耳目，
圣人皆孩之。

Goodness and Faithfulness as Examples

Wise men have no specific affairs of the heart. Thus, they make the people’s concern their own.

I treat good people well and I also treat bad people well – the Inner Power is benevolent. I am loyal to loyal people and I am also loyal to disloyal people – the Inner Power is loyal.

Wise men, being versatile in their ambitions, act harmoniously in this world. All people look for and listen out for them. They are all like children to the wise men…

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