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.
不尚賢，使民不爭；不貴難得之貨，使民不為盜；不見可欲，使民心不亂。是以聖人之治，虛其心，實其腹，弱其志，强其骨。常使民無知無欲，使夫智者不敢為也。為無為，則無不治。Do not exalt the worthy, and the people will not contend. Do not prize goods hard to get, and the people will not steal. Do not display what can be desired, and the people's hearts will not be stirred. So the sage governs by emptying their hearts and filling their bellies, softening their ambitions and strengthening their bones. He keeps the people without cunning and without craving, and sees that the clever do not dare to act. Act without contrivance, and nothing will be left ungoverned.
What this chapter says
一孔按：有本事的人照样用，按本事派活；只是别把“贤”做成一块牌子挂起来。牌子一挂，大家争的就是牌子，不是事。常有人问：“不尚贤”，是不用能人吗？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
不标举贤能，百姓就不争；不看重难得的财货，百姓就不做盗贼；不摆出引人贪求的东西，百姓的心就不乱。所以圣人治理，让人心思空明，肚子吃饱，意气柔和，筋骨强健。常让百姓没有机巧之知、没有贪求之欲，让那些自作聪明的人不敢妄为。做到无为，就没有治理不好的。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Wang Bi; it will be checked when the chapter is taught.
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