第 81 章 德經

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公有领域

信言不美,
美言不信。
善者不辯,辯者不善。
知者不博,
博者不知。
聖人不積,
既以為人己愈有,
既以與人己愈多。
天之道,利而不害;
聖人之道,為而不爭。

王弼注

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實在質也。
本在樸也。
極在一也。
無私自有,唯善是與,任物而已。
物所尊也。
物所歸也。
動常生成之也。
順天之利不相傷也。

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信者,如其實也。不美者,朴且質也。
美言者,滋美之華辭。不信者,飾偽多空虛也。
善者,以道修身也。不綵文也。
辯者,謂巧言也。不善者,舌致患也。山有玉,掘其山;水有珠,濁其淵;辯口多言,亡其身。
知者,謂知道之士。不博者,守一元也。
博者,多見聞也。不知者,失要真也。
聖人積德不積財,有德以教愚,有財以與貧也。
既以為人施設德化,己愈有德。
既以財賄布施與人,而財益多,如日月之光,無有盡時。
天生萬物,愛育之,令長大,無所傷害也。
聖人法天所施為,化成事就,不與下爭功名,故能全其聖功也。

Legge 1891

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Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those
who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the
disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not
extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it.
The sage does not accumulate (for himself). The more that he
expends for others, the more does he possess of his own; the more that
he gives to others, the more does he have himself.
With all the sharpness of the Way of Heaven, it injures not; with
all the doing in the way of the sage he does not strive.

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