Chapter 35 第三十五章

第三十五章

　　執大象，天下往。往而不害，安平泰。樂與餌，過客止。道之出口，淡乎其無味，視之不足見，聽之不足聞，用之不足既

35. Peace
If you offer music and food
Strangers may stop with you;
But if you accord with the Way
All the people of the world will keep you
In safety, health, community, and peace.

The Way lacks art and flavour;
It can neither be seen nor heard,
But its benefit cannot be exhausted.

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Chapter 34 第三十四章

第三十四章

　　大道泛兮，其可左右。萬物恃之而生而不辭，功成而不名有。衣養萬物而不為主，可名于小﹔萬物歸焉而不為主，可名為大。以其終不自為大，故能成其大。

34. Control
The Way flows and ebbs, creating and destroying,
Implementing all the world, attending to the tiniest details,
Claiming nothing in return.

It nurtures all things,
Though it does not control them;
It has no intention,
So it seems inconsequential.

It is the substance of all things;
Though it does not control them;
It has no exception,
So it seems all-important.

The sage would not control the world;
He is in harmony with the world.


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Chapter 33 第三十三章

第三十三章

　　知人者智，自知者明﹔勝人者有力，自勝者強。知足者富。強行者有志。不失其所者久。死而不亡者壽。

33. Virtues
Who understands the world is learned;
Who understands the self is enlightened.
Who conquers the world has strength;
Who conquers the self has harmony.
Who is determined has purpose;
Who is contented has wealth.
Who defends his home may long endure;
Who surrenders his home may long survive it.

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Chapter 32 第三十二章

第三十二章

　　道常無名。朴雖小，天下莫能臣。侯王若能守之，萬物將自賓。天地相合，以降甘露，民莫之令而自均。始制有名，名亦既有，夫亦將知止。知止可以不殆。譬道之在天下，猶川谷之于江海。

32. Shapes
The Way has no true shape,
And therefore none can control it.
If a ruler could control the Way
All things would follow
In harmony with his desire,
And sweet rain would fall,
Effortlessly slaking every thirst.

The Way is shaped by use,
But then the shape is lost.
Do not hold fast to shapes
But let sensation flow into the world
As a river courses down to the sea.

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Chapter 31 第三十一章

第三十一章

　　夫兵者，不祥之器。物或惡之，故有道者不居。君子居則貴左，用兵則貴右，故兵者非君子之器。不祥之器，不得已而用之，恬淡為上。勝而不美，而美之者，是樂殺人。夫樂殺人者，則不可得志于天下矣。吉事尚左，凶事尚右。偏將軍居左，上將軍居右，言以喪禮處之。殺人之眾，以悲哀泣之，戰勝以喪禮處之。


31. Armies
Armies are tools of violence;
They cause men to hate and fear.
The sage will not join them.
His purpose is creation;
Their purpose is destruction.

Weapons are tools of violence,
Not of the sage;
He uses them only when there is no choice,
And then calmly, and with tact,
For he finds no beauty in them.

Whoever finds beauty in weapons
Delights in the slaughter of men;
And who delights in slaughter
Cannot content himself with peace.

So slaughters must be mourned
And conquest celebrated with a funeral.

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