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天之道，其猶張弓與？高者抑之，下者舉之；有餘者損之，不足者補之。天之道，損有餘而補不足。人之道則不然，損不足以奉有餘。孰能有餘以奉天下？唯有道者。是以聖人為而不恃，功成而不處，其不欲見賢。The Way of heaven, is it not like stretching a bow? The high end is pressed down, the low end is raised; what is in excess is reduced, what is lacking is supplied. The Way of heaven reduces excess and supplies what is lacking. The way of man is not so: it reduces the lacking to serve those who have excess. Who can take his excess to serve the world? Only one who has the Way. Therefore the sage acts but does not rely on it, completes the work but does not dwell in it; he does not wish to show his worth.
白Plain Chinese
天的道，不就像拉弓一样吗？弦位高了就压低它，低了就抬高它；有余的就减少它，不足的就补充它。天的道，减少有余的来补充不足的。人的道却不是这样，减少不足的来奉养有余的。谁能把有余的拿来奉养天下？只有有道的人。所以圣人有所作为而不倚仗，功业成了而不居功，他不想显示自己的贤能。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Wang Bi; it will be checked when the chapter is taught.
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