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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Miscellaneous Chapters -> Tian Xia -> 3

夫不累於俗，To keep from being entangled by prevailing customs;
不飾於物， to shun all ornamental attractions in one's self;
不苟於人， not to be reckless in his conduct to others;
不忮於眾， not to set himself stubbornly against a multitude;
願天下之安寧以活民命， to desire the peace and repose of the world in order to preserve the lives of the people;
人我之養畢足而止， and to cease his action when enough had been obtained for the nourishment of others and himself,
以此白心， showing that this was the aim of his mind
古之道術有在於是者。- such a scheme belonged to the system of the Dao in antiquity,
宋鈃、尹文聞其風而悅之。and it was appreciated by Song Xing and Yin Wen. When they heard of such ways, they were delighted with them.
作為華山之冠以自表，They made the Hua-shan cap, and wore it as their distinguishing badge.
接萬物以別宥為始。In their intercourse with others, whatever their differences might be, they began by being indulgent to them.
語心之容，命之曰心之行，Their name for 'the Forbearance of the Mind' was 'the Action of the Mind.'
以聏合驩， By the warmth of affection they sought the harmony of joy,
以調海內， and to blend together all within the four seas;
請欲置之以為主。 and their wish was to plant this everywhere as the chief thing to be pursued.
見侮不辱， They endured insult without feeling it a disgrace;
救民之鬥； they sought to save the people from fighting;
禁攻寢兵， they forbade aggression and sought to hush the weapons of strife,
救世之戰。 to save their age from war.
以此周行天下， In this way they went everywhere,
上說下教， counselling the high and instructing the low.
雖天下不取， Though the world might not receive them,
強聒而不舍者也。they only insisted on their object the more strongly, and would not abandon it.
故曰： Hence it is said,
「上下見厭而強見也。」'The high and the low might be weary of them, but they were strong to show themselves.'
雖然， Notwithstanding all this,
其為人太多， they acted too much out of regard to others,
其自為太少， and too little for themselves.
曰： It was as if they said,
「請欲固置五升之飯足矣，'What we request and wish is simply that there may be set down for us five pints of rice - that will be enough.'
先生恐不得飽， But I fear the Master would not get his fill from this;
弟子雖飢，and the disciples, though famishing,
不忘天下。」 would still have to be mindful of the world,
日夜不休，and, never stopping day or night,
曰： have to say,
「我必得活哉！」 'Is it necessary I should preserve my life?
圖傲乎救世之士哉！Shall I scheme how to exalt myself above the master, the saviour of the age?
曰：It was moreover as if they said,
「君子不為苛察， 'The superior man does not censoriously scrutinize (the faults of others);
不以身假物。」 he does not borrow from others to supersede his own endeavours;
以為無益於天下者， when any think that he is of no use to the world,
明之不如已也。 he knows that their intelligence is inferior to his own;
以禁攻寢兵為外， he considers the prohibition of aggression and causing the disuse of arms to be an external achievement,
以情欲寡淺為內， and the making his own desires to be few and slight to be the internal triumph.'
其小大精粗，Such was their discrimination between the great and the small, the subtle and the coarse;
其行適至是而止。 and with the attainment of this they stopped.

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