原文

公有领域

知者不言,
言者不知。
塞其兌,閉其門,挫其銳,
解其分,
和其光,
同其塵,
是謂玄同。故不可得而親,不可得而疏;
不可得而利,不可得而害;
不可得而貴,不可得而賤。
故為天下貴。

王弼注

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因自然也。
造事端也。
含守質也。
除爭原也。
無所特顯,則物無所偏爭也。
無所特賤,則物無所偏恥也。
可得而親,則可得而疏也。
可得而利,則可德而害也。
可得而貴,則可得而賤也。
無物可以加之也。

河上公章句

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知者貴行不貴言也。
駟不及舌,多言多患。
塞閉之者,欲絕其源。
情欲有所銳為,當念道無為以挫止之。
紛,結恨不休也。當念道恬泊以解釋之。
雖有獨見之明,當和之使闇昧,不使曜亂。
不當自別殊也。
玄,天也。人能行此上事,是謂與天同道也。
不以榮譽為樂,獨立為哀。
志靜無欲,故與人無怨。
身不欲富貴,口不欲五味。
不與貪爭利,不與勇爭氣。
不為亂世主,不處暗君位。
不以乘權故驕,不以失志故屈。
其德如此,天子不得臣,諸侯不得屈,與世沉浮容身避害,故天下貴也。

Legge 1891

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He who knows (the Tao) does not (care to) speak (about it); he
who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it.
He (who knows it) will keep his mouth shut and close the portals
(of his nostrils). He will blunt his sharp points and unravel the
complications of things; he will attemper his brightness, and bring
himself into agreement with the obscurity (of others). This is called
'the Mysterious Agreement.'
(Such an one) cannot be treated familiarly or distantly; he is
beyond all consideration of profit or injury; of nobility or
meanness:--he is the noblest man under heaven.

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