本章大意：真实的话不好听，好听的话不真实。

友好的人不辩解，辩解的人不友好。

智慧的人不博学，博学的人不智慧。

圣人不心存占有，

他时时考虑他人，自己反而拥有了；

他处处给予他人，自己反而越多了。

自然的规律是让天下万物得到好处而不去伤害他们。

圣人遵循的原则是尽力为民做事而不与民争。

《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。

Chapter 81

Sincere words are not beautiful,

Beautiful words are not sincere.

He who knows is not learned,

He who is learned does not know.

He who is good does not have much,

He who has much is not good.

The sage does not hoard.

The more he does for others,

the more he has himself;

The more he gives to others,

the more his own bounty increases.

Therefore,

The Way of heaven benefits but does not harm,

The Way of man acts but does not contend.

（Victor H. Mair 译）

Chapter 81

The truth is not always beautiful,

nor beautiful words the truth.

Those who have virtue,

have no need of argument for its own sake,

for they know that argument is of no avail.

Those who have knowledge of the natural way

do not train themselves in cunning,

whilst those who use cunning to rule their lives,

and the lives of others,

are not knowledgeable of the Tao,

nor of natural happiness.

The sage seeks not to have a store

of things or knowledge, for he knows,

the less of these he has, the more he has,

and that the more he gives,

the greater his abundance.

The way of the sage is pointed

but does not harm.

The way of the sage

is to work without cunning.

（Stan Rosenthal 译）

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