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《道德经 - Dao De Jing》
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[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)] English translation: James Legge ^[?]

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[Also known as: 《老子》, "Tao Te Ching", "Laozi"]

22 Jump to dictionary Show parallel passages Show photographic representation Show commentary	道德经:	曲则全，枉则直，洼则盈，弊则新，少则得，多则惑。是以圣人抱一为天下式。不自见，故明；不自是，故彰；不自伐，故有功；不自矜，故长。夫唯不争，故天下莫能与之争。古之所谓曲则全者，岂虚言哉！诚全而归之。
	Dao De Jing:	(The increase granted to humility) The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray. Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world. He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines; from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished; from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged; from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority. It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him. That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete' was not vainly spoken: - all real completion is comprehended under it.

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曲则全，曲己从众，不自专，则全其身也。枉则直，枉，屈己而伸人，久久自得直也。洼则盈，地洼下，水流之；人谦下，德归之。敝则新，自受弊薄，后己先人，天下敬之，久久自新也。少则得，自受取少则得多也，天道佑谦，神明托虚。多则惑。财多者，惑于所守，学多者，惑于所闻。是以圣人抱一为天下式。抱，守也。式，法也。圣人守一，乃知万事，故能为天下法式也。不自见故明，圣人不以其目视千里之外也，乃因天下之目以视，故能明达也。不自是故彰，圣人不自以为是而非人，故能彰显于世。不自伐故有功，伐，取也。圣人德化流行，不自取其美，故有功于天下。不自矜故长。矜，大也。圣人不自贵大，故能久不危。夫惟不争，故天下莫能与之争。此言天下贤与不肖，无能与不争者争也。古之所谓曲则全者，岂虚言哉。传古言，曲从则全身，此言非虚妄也。诚全而归之。诚，实也。能行曲从者，实其肌体，归之于父母，无有伤害也。