《道德经》第八十一章
信言不美，美言不信。善者不辩，辩者不善。知者不博，博者不知。
圣人不积，既以为人己愈有，既以与人己愈多。天之道，利而不害﹔圣人之道，为而不争。
《Tao-Te Ching》Chapter 81
Sincere words are not fine；fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled（in the Tao）do not dispute（about it）；the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know（the Tao）are not extensively learned；the extensively learned do not know it.
The sage does not accumulate（for himself）。The more that he expends for others，the more does he possess of his own；the more that he gives to others，the more does he have himself.
With all the sharpness of the Way of Heaven，it injures not；with all the doing in the way of the sage he does not strive.
【易解】
真实的表述不见得漂亮，漂亮的表述不见得真实；善良的人不见得擅长道义之辩，擅长于道义之辩的不见得善良；明于道的人不见得博学，博学的不见得明于道。圣人不堆积这些德能表观以及功果财富的附赘。他尽力帮助人民，他自己也更充实；他尽量给予人民，他自己也更丰富。理想的行为方式是顺导万物而不妨害万物，圣人的行为准则是虽有作为但不与人争。
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