67𝍈三宝

道德經 Dao De Jing [Tao Te Ching]

Chapter 67: Three Precious Things

	繁體 Trad ↔ 简体 Simp	Legge's Translation	Susuki's Translation	Goddard's Translation
	三宝	Three Precious Things	The Three Treasures	Three Treasures
1	天下皆谓我道大，似不肖。夫唯大，故似不肖；若肖，久矣其细也夫！	All the world says that, while my Dao is great, it yet appears to be inferior (to other systems of teaching). Now it is just its greatness that makes it seem to be inferior. If it were like any other (system), for long would its smallness have been known!	All in the world call me great; but I resemble the unlikely. Now a man is great only because he resembles the unlikely. Did he resemble the likely, how lasting, indeed, would his mediocrity be!	All the world calls Dao great, yet it is by nature immaterial. It is because a thing is seemingly unreal that it is great. If a man affects to be great, how long can he conceal his mediocrity?
2	我有三宝，持而保之。一曰慈，二曰俭，三曰不敢为天下先。慈故能勇；	But I have three precious things which I prize and hold fast. The first is gentleness; the second is economy; and the third is shrinking from taking precedence of others.	1 have three treasures which I cherish and prize. The first is called compassion. The second is called economy. The third is called not daring to come to the front in the world.	Tao has three treasures which he guards and cherishes. The first is called compassion; the second is called economy; the third is called humility.
3	俭故能广；不敢为天下先，	With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become vessel of the highest honour.	The compassionate can be brave; the economical can be generous; those who dare not come to the front in the world can become perfect as chief vessels.	A man that is compassionate can be truly brave; if a man is economical he can be generous; if he is humble he can become a useful servant.
4	故能成器长。今舍慈且勇；舍俭且广；舍后且先；死矣！	Now-a-days they give up gentleness and are all for being bold; economy, and are all for being liberal; the hindmost place, and seek only to be foremost;--(of all which the end is) death.	Now, if people discard compassion and are brave; if they discard economy and are generous; if they discard modesty and are ambitious, they will surely die.	If one discards compassion and is still brave, abandons economy and is still generous, forsakes humility and still seeks to be serviceable, his days are numbered.
5	夫慈以战则胜，以守则固。天将救之，以慈卫之。	Gentleness is sure to be victorious even in battle, and firmly to maintain its ground. Heaven will save its possessor, by his (very) gentleness protecting him.	Now, the compassionate will in attack be victorious, and in defence firm. Heaven when about to save one will with compassion protect him.	On the contrary if one is truly compassionate, in battle he will be a conqueror and in defence he will be secure. When even Heaven helps people it is because of compassion that she does so.

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Legge's Translation

Susuki's Translation

Goddard's Translation

三宝

Three Precious Things

The Three Treasures

Three Treasures

天下皆谓我道大，似不肖。夫唯大，故似不肖；若肖，久矣其细也夫！

All the world says that, while my Dao is great, it yet appears to be inferior (to other systems of teaching). Now it is just its greatness that makes it seem to be inferior. If it were like any other (system), for long would its smallness have been known!

All in the world call me great; but I resemble the unlikely. Now a man is great only because he resembles the unlikely. Did he resemble the likely, how lasting, indeed, would his mediocrity be!

All the world calls Dao great, yet it is by nature immaterial. It is because a thing is seemingly unreal that it is great. If a man affects to be great, how long can he conceal his mediocrity?

我有三宝，持而保之。一曰慈，二曰俭，三曰不敢为天下先。慈故能勇；

But I have three precious things which I prize and hold fast. The first is gentleness; the second is economy; and the third is shrinking from taking precedence of others.

1 have three treasures which I cherish and prize. The first is called compassion. The second is called economy. The third is called not daring to come to the front in the world.

Tao has three treasures which he guards and cherishes. The first is called compassion; the second is called economy; the third is called humility.

俭故能广；不敢为天下先，

With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become vessel of the highest honour.

The compassionate can be brave; the economical can be generous; those who dare not come to the front in the world can become perfect as chief vessels.

A man that is compassionate can be truly brave; if a man is economical he can be generous; if he is humble he can become a useful servant.

故能成器长。今舍慈且勇；舍俭且广；舍后且先；死矣！

Now-a-days they give up gentleness and are all for being bold; economy, and are all for being liberal; the hindmost place, and seek only to be foremost;--(of all which the end is) death.

Now, if people discard compassion and are brave; if they discard economy and are generous; if they discard modesty and are ambitious, they will surely die.

If one discards compassion and is still brave, abandons economy and is still generous, forsakes humility and still seeks to be serviceable, his days are numbered.

夫慈以战则胜，以守则固。天将救之，以慈卫之。

Gentleness is sure to be victorious even in battle, and firmly to maintain its ground. Heaven will save its possessor, by his (very) gentleness protecting him.

Now, the compassionate will in attack be victorious, and in defence firm. Heaven when about to save one will with compassion protect him.

On the contrary if one is truly compassionate, in battle he will be a conqueror and in defence he will be secure. When even Heaven helps people it is because of compassion that she does so.