Chapter 63 |
為無為,事無事,味無味。大小多少,報怨以德。圖難於其易,圖大於其細。天下難事,必作於易;天下大事,必作於細。是以聖人終不為大,故能成其大。夫輕諾必寡信,多易必多難;是以聖人猶難之,故終無難矣! |
wei wu wei |
Run the country in the fashion of non-possession administration. |
shi wu shi |
Govern the people without disputes. |
wei wu wei |
Expel any human emotion upon making decisions. |
da xiao duo shao |
Lift up the social status of the lower-class people and return them what they have been deprived of. |
bao yuan yi de |
Settle their resentment by fulfilling your authority social responsibility with your de. |
tu nan yu qi yi |
It is easier to solve difficult problems in advance when they were still easy. |
tu da yu qi xi |
It is easier to solve serious problems in advance when they were still minor. |
tian xia nan shi, bi |
All difficult problems in the world started to become an aggravation when they were once easy. |
tian xia da shi, bi |
All serious problems in the world started to become an aggravation when they were once minor. |
shi yi sheng ren zhong |
The shengren anticipates well enough in advance the tackling of problems and prevents them from becoming difficult and serious, so there is nothing spectacular that happens in all his life. That is what makes the shengren so great. |
fu qing nuo bi gua |
Ignoring your promise of guarantee to the people will only lessen the public trust in you. |
duo yi bi duo nan |
The more the easy problems are left unattended, the more the difficult problems there will be later. |
shi yi sheng ren you nan zhi, gu zhong wu nan yi |
The shengren knows how to solve problems well with anticipation. Therefore, no dispute ever exists at all. |