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.
絕聖棄智，民利百倍；絕仁棄義，民復孝慈；絕巧棄利，盜賊無有。此三者以為文不足，故令有所屬：見素抱樸，少私寡欲。Cut off sageliness, discard knowledge, and the people will benefit a hundredfold. Cut off humaneness, discard righteousness, and the people will return to filial piety and love. Cut off craft, discard profit, and there will be no thieves. These three, taken as ornament, are not enough; so let people have something to hold to: show plainness, embrace the uncarved, lessen self-interest, reduce desires.
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一孔按：圣智、仁义、巧利，本来都是好的；光喊扔还不够，还要让人有个落脚处：素朴，少私，寡欲。王弼注原话：属之于素朴寡欲。
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白Plain Chinese
弃绝圣智，百姓得利百倍；弃绝仁义，百姓回复孝慈；弃绝巧利，盗贼就没有了。这三样作为文饰还不够，所以要让人有所归属：显露本色，持守质朴，减少私心，降低欲望。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Wang Bi; it will be checked when the chapter is taught.
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