《道德经》第四十六章
天下有道,却走马以粪。天下无道,戎马生于郊。
祸莫大于不知足﹔咎莫大于欲得。故知足之足,常足矣。
《Tao-Te Ching》Chapter 46
When the Tao prevails in the world,they send back their swift horses to(draw)the dung-carts. When the Tao is disregarded in the world,the war-horses breed in the border lands.
There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition;no calamity greater than to be discontented with one‘s lot;no fault greater than the wish to be getting. Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency.
【易解】
国家的运行合于道,连战马都可以还田耕种;国家的运行不合于道,战马只能在战场的恶劣环境生产。祸害莫大于不懂得自我满足,罪过莫大于偏执性的贪求。所以,懂得自我满足的富足,是长久的富足。
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