译文:善于用道治国之者,不会要人民以智取巧,而是要人民质朴敦厚。人民之所以难治,是因为智巧诡诈太多;所以,以智治国乃国之灾害,不以智治国才是国家的幸福。知道这两总治理国家的方法不同,而有所舍取就是一种法则,长久的记住这种法则并且应用这一法则,就可以称为玄妙无上的“德”,即为“玄德”。“玄德”,深远,与常理不同,然而依循它却可以达到大顺。
《道德经》(第六十五章)
古之善为道者,
非以明民,
将以愚之。
民之难治,
以其智多。
故以智治国,
国之贼;
不以智治国,
国之福。
知此两者亦稽式。
常知稽式,
是谓玄德。
玄德深矣,
远矣,
与物反矣,
然后乃至大顺。
Chapter 65
The ancients who practiced the Way did not enlighten the people with it;
They used it, rather, to stupefy them.
The people are hard to rule because they have too much knowledge.
Therefore,
Ruling a state through knowledge is to rob the state;
Ruling a state through ignorance brings integrity to the state.
One who is always mindful of these two types grasps a paradigm;
Mindfulness of this paradigm is called "mysterious integrity."
Deep and distant is this mysterious integrity!
It runs counter to things until it reaches the great confluence.
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