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善行無轍迹，善言無瑕謫，善數不用籌策，善閉無關楗而不可開，善結無繩約而不可解。是以聖人常善救人，故無棄人；常善救物，故無棄物，是謂襲明。故善人者，不善人之師；不善人者，善人之資。不貴其師，不愛其資，雖智大迷，是謂要妙。A good traveler leaves no tracks; a good speaker makes no slips; a good counter needs no tallies; a good closer needs no bolt, yet what he shuts cannot be opened; a good binder needs no rope, yet what he ties cannot be undone. Therefore the sage is always good at saving people, so no one is cast away; always good at saving things, so nothing is cast away. This is called following the light. So the good man is the teacher of the not-good, and the not-good is the material of the good. Not to value one's teacher, not to love one's material, though clever, is to be greatly lost. This is called the essential mystery.
白Plain Chinese
善于行走的，不留车辙足迹；善于说话的，没有破绽可挑；善于计数的，不用筹码；善于关闭的，不用门闩却打不开；善于捆缚的，不用绳索却解不开。所以圣人常善于救人，所以没有被遗弃的人；常善于救物，所以没有被遗弃的物，这叫作承袭着明。所以善人是不善之人的老师，不善之人是善人的借鉴。不看重他的老师，不爱惜他的借鉴，即使聪明也是大糊涂，这是精要玄妙的道理。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Wang Bi; it will be checked when the chapter is taught.
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