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67. Unimportance
All the world says,
"I am important;
I am separate from all the world.
I am important because I am separate,
Were I the same, I could never be important."
Yet here are three treasures
That I cherish and commend to you:
The first is compassion,
By which one finds courage.
The second is restraint,
By which one finds strength.
And the third is unimportance,
By which one finds influence.
Those who are fearless, but without compassion,
Powerful, but without restraint,
Or influential, yet important,
Cannot endure.
【原文】
天下皆谓我道大,似不肖。
夫唯大,故似不肖。
若肖,久矣其细也夫!
我有三宝,持而保之:
一曰慈;二曰俭;三曰不敢为天下先。
慈,故能勇;俭,故能广;不敢为天下先,故能成器长。
今舍其慈,且勇;舍其俭,且广;舍其后,且先,死矣。
夫慈,以战则胜,以守则固。
天将救之,以慈卫之。 |
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