一孔录The video for this chapter is still in production. For now this page gives the original text, the facsimile page, a working translation and the commentary; the full reading follows when the video is out.
寵辱若驚，貴大患若身。何謂寵辱若驚？寵為下，得之若驚，失之若驚，是謂寵辱若驚。何謂貴大患若身？吾所以有大患者，為吾有身；及吾無身，吾有何患？故貴以身為天下，若可寄天下；愛以身為天下，若可託天下。Favor and disgrace alike are alarming; prize great trouble as you prize your body. What does it mean that favor and disgrace alike are alarming? Favor is lowly: gaining it is alarming, losing it is alarming. That is what it means. What does it mean to prize great trouble as your body? The reason I have great trouble is that I have a body; if I had no body, what trouble would I have? So one who prizes his own person as he would the world can be entrusted with the world; one who loves his own person as he would the world can be given the world in trust.
What this chapter says
一孔按：宠和辱是一根绳子的两头；被荣宠迷住，祸就落回自己身上；宠辱都换不走自己的人，才托付得起大事。王弼注原话：宠必有辱，荣必有患；大患，荣宠之属也。
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白Plain Chinese
受宠受辱都令人惊恐，把大患看得和自身一样重。什么叫宠辱若惊？受宠本是居于下位，得到时惊恐，失去时也惊恐，这叫宠辱若惊。什么叫贵大患若身？我之所以有大患，是因为我有这个身子；如果我没有这个身子，我还有什么祸患？所以看重自身胜过天下的人，天下才可以寄托给他；爱惜自身胜过天下的人，天下才可以托付给他。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Wang Bi; it will be checked when the chapter is taught.
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