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Chapter 24 |
企者不立，跨者不行。自見者不明，自是者不彰，自伐者無功，自誇者不長。其於道也曰：餘食贅行，物或惡之，故有道者不處。 |
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qi zhe bu li |
Standing on your tiptoes to look taller unnaturally does not suffice you to stand stably. |
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kua zhe bu xing |
Striding extensively to be ahead unnaturally does not suffice you to walk steadily. |
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zi xian zhe bu ming |
Using your high status to give orders cannot make the people respond to you. |
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zi shi zhe bu zhang |
Deeming yourself as the superior cannot make the people accept your high status. |
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zi fa zhe wu gong |
Acquiring achievement for your own good cannot make the people honor you. |
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zi kua zhe bu zhang |
Boasting about yourself cannot make the people respect and follow you. |
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qi yu dao ye yue, yu shi zhui xing, wu huo wu zhi |
Those who abide by dao would say, “Food waste and unnecessary travels are the kind of things that the people dislike.” |
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gu you dao zhe bu chu |
Those who abide by dao will expel these attitudes. |