Chapter 81

1. Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it.

2. The sage¹ does not accumulate (for himself). The more that he expends² for others, the more does he possess of his own; the more that he gives to others, the more does he have himself.

3. With all the sharpness of the Way of Heaven, it injures not; with all the doing in the way of the sage he does not strive.

       信言不美，美言不信；
       善者不辩，辩者不善；
       知者不博，博者不知。
       圣人不积。
       既以为人己愈有，既以与人己愈多。
       天之道，利而不害；圣人之道，为而不争。

【译文】
       真实的表述不见得漂亮，漂亮的表述不见得真实；善良的人不见得擅长道义之辩，擅长于道义之辩的不见得善良；明于道的人不见得博学，博学的不见得明于道。圣人不堆积这些德能表观以及功果财富的附赘。他尽力帮助人民，他自己也更充实；他尽量给予人民，他自己也更丰富。理想的行为方式是顺导万物而不妨害万物，圣人的行为准则是虽有作为但不与人争。

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1 sage   

n.圣人，哲人；adj.贤明的，明智的

参考例句：

• I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。
• The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.这位哲人是百代之师。

2 expends   

v.花费( expend的第三人称单数 )；使用（钱等）做某事；用光；耗尽

参考例句：

• The commercial value height also expends demand how many! 商业价值高低也就是消费需求多少！ 来自互联网
• The stimulation expends basis, also lies in enhances the resident income. 刺激消费的根本，还在于提高居民收入。 来自互联网