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41. Following
When the great man learns the Way, he follows it with diligence;
When the common man learns the Way, he follows it on occasion;
When the mean man learns the Way, he laughs out loud;
Those who do not laugh, do not learn at all.
Therefore it is said:
Who understands the Way seems foolish;
Who progresses on the Way seems to fail;
Who follows the Way seems to wander.
For the finest harmony appears plain;
The brightest truth appears coloured;
The richest character appears incomplete;
The bravest heart appears meek;
The simplest nature appears inconstant.
The square, perfected, has no corner;
Music, perfected, has no melody;
Love, perfected, has no climax;
Art, perfected, has no meaning.
The Way can be neither sensed nor known:
It transmits sensation and transcends knowledge.
【原文】
上士闻道,勤而行之;
中士闻道,若存若亡;
下士闻道,大笑之──不笑,不足以为道。
故建言有之:明道若昧,进道若退,夷道若颣 ,上德若谷,大白若辱,广德若不足,建德若偷,质直若渝,大方无隅,大器晚成,大音希声,大象无形──道隐无名。
夫唯道,善贷且成。
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