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天下有道，卻走馬以糞；天下無道，戎馬生於郊。禍莫大於不知足，咎莫大於欲得。故知足之足，常足矣。When the world has the Way, galloping horses are turned back to haul manure. When the world lacks the Way, warhorses are bred on the borders. No disaster is greater than not knowing contentment; no fault is greater than the wish to acquire. So the contentment of knowing contentment is lasting contentment.
白Plain Chinese
天下有道的时候，退回战马去耕田施肥；天下无道的时候，战马在郊野生下马驹。祸患没有比不知足更大的，罪过没有比贪得更大的。所以知道满足的那种满足，才是永远的满足。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Wang Bi; it will be checked when the chapter is taught.
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