43𝌰偏用

道德經 Dao De Jing [Tao Te Ching]

Chapter 43: The Universal Use (of the Action in Weakness of the Dao)

	繁體 Trad ↔ 简体 Simp	Legge's Translation	Susuki's Translation	Goddard's Translation
	偏用	The Universal Use (of the Action in Weakness of the Dao)	Its Universal Application	The Function of the Universal
1	天下之至柔，驰骋天下之至坚。	The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest;	The world's weakest overcomes the world's hardest.	The most tender things of creation race over the hardest.
2	无有入无间。	That which has no (substantial) existence enters where there is no crevice.	Non-existence enters into the impenetrable.	A non-material existence enters into the most impenetrable.
3	吾是以知无为之有益，不言之教，无为之益，天下希及之。	I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing (with a purpose). There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action.	Thereby I comprehend of non-assertion the advantage. There are few in the world who obtain of non-assertion the advantage and of silence the lesson.	I therefore recognize an advantage in the doctrine of not doing (wu wei) and not speaking. But there are few in the world who obtain the advantage of non-assertion (wu wei) and silence.

繁體 Trad ↔ 简体 Simp

Legge's Translation

Susuki's Translation

Goddard's Translation

偏用

The Universal Use (of the Action in Weakness of the Dao)

Its Universal Application

The Function of the Universal

天下之至柔，驰骋天下之至坚。

The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest;

The world's weakest overcomes the world's hardest.

The most tender things of creation race over the hardest.

无有入无间。

That which has no (substantial) existence enters where there is no crevice.

Non-existence enters into the impenetrable.

A non-material existence enters into the most impenetrable.

吾是以知无为之有益，不言之教，无为之益，天下希及之。

I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing (with a purpose). There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action.

Thereby I comprehend of non-assertion the advantage. There are few in the world who obtain of non-assertion the advantage and of silence the lesson.

I therefore recognize an advantage in the doctrine of not doing (wu wei) and not speaking. But there are few in the world who obtain the advantage of non-assertion (wu wei) and silence.