英版《道德经》第3章

译者Stephen Mitchell

Chapter Three

If you overesteem great men,

people become powerless. 

If you overvalue possessions, 

people begin to steal.

 

The Master leads

by emptying people's minds

and filling their cores,

by weakening their ambition 

and toughening their resolve. 

He helps people lose everything

they know, everything they desire,

and creates confusion

in those who think that they know. 

Practice not-doing,

and everything will fall into place.

老子《道德经》第三章

不尚贤

使民不争

不贵难得之货

使民不为盗

不见可欲

使民心不乱

是以圣人之治

虚其心

实其腹

弱其志

强其骨

常使民无知无欲

使夫智者不敢为也

为无为

则无不治