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《道德經》

道德經第二十七章

善行無轍迹.

善言無瑕讁.

善數不用籌策.

善閉無關楗而不可開.

善結無繩約而不可解.

是以聖人常善救人, 故無棄人.

常善救物.

故無棄物, 是謂襲明.

故善人者, 不善人之師.

不善人者, 善人之資.

不貴其師, 不愛其資, 雖智大迷.

是謂要妙.

Dao De Jing Chapter Twenty-seven — Ronald Hogan

27.

With enough practice,

you could come and go without a trace,

speak without stumbling over words,

do complicated math problems

in your head.

You could build a door with no lock

that nobody could open.

You could tie something down

with no knots,

without even a rope,

and nobody could pry it loose.

Masters have time to help everybody,

and ignore nobody.

They use their resources wisely,

wasting nothing.

Some people call this

"following the light."

Good people teach others

because they have the potential

to be good too.

Brains count for nothing

if you fail to respect your teachers

or to honour the potential in others.

That's one of the most important lessons of Tao.

Dao De Jing Chapter Twenty-seven — Translated by Red Pine, 1996

27.

"Good walking leaves no tracks

good talking reveals no flaws

good counting counts no beads

good closing locks no locks

and yet it can't be opened

good tying ties no knots

and yet it can't be undone

thus the sage is good at saving others 

and yet abandons no one

nor anything of use 

this is called cloaking the light

thus, the good instruct the bad 

the bad learn from the good

not honouring their teachers

not cherishing their students

the wise alone is perfectly blind

this is called peering into the distance."

Dao De Jing Chapter Twenty-seven — Translated by Stephen Mitchell, 2006

"A good traveller has no fixed plans

and is not intent upon arriving.

A good artist lets his intuition

lead him wherever it wants.

A good scientist has freed himself of concepts

and keeps his mind open to what is.

Thus the Master is available to all people

and doesn't reject anyone.

He is ready to use all situations

and doesn't waste anything.

This is called embodying the light. 

What is a good man but a bad man's teacher?

What is a bad man but a good man's job?

If you don't understand this, you will get lost,

however intelligent you are.

It is the great secret."

Dao De Jing Chapter Twenty-seven — Translated by Edward Brennan and 黃濤 Tao Huang, 2002

"A good traveller leaves no tracks,

A good speaker is without flaw.

A good planner does not calculate.

A good doorkeeper does not lock, yet it cannot be opened.

A good knotter does not use binding, yet it cannot be undone.

Therefore, the sage is good at his earnest demands upon people.

So no one is left out. 

No talent is wasted.

This is called being in the tow of enlightenment. 

And it ensures the good person.

For everything that is good is the teacher of the good person.

Everything that is bad becomes the resource for the good person.

No need to honour the teachers. 

No need to love the resources. 

Though knowing this is a great paradox,

It is the subtle principle."