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.
持而盈之，不如其已；揣而棁之，不可長保。金玉滿堂，莫之能守；富貴而驕，自遺其咎。功遂身退，天之道。To hold a thing and fill it to the brim is not as good as stopping in time. Hammer an edge to sharpness and it cannot keep for long. A hall full of gold and jade, no one can guard it; wealth and rank with arrogance bring their own ruin. When the work is done, step back: that is the Way of heaven.
What this chapter says
一孔按：满了还加，尖了还磨，都守不长；事做成了，退一步，像四季那样交班。王弼注原话：既不失其德，又盈之，势必倾危；四时更运，功成则移。
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白Plain Chinese
拿着器物还要盛满，不如及早停手；把刀锋磨得尖锐，锐利难以长保。金玉满堂，没有谁守得住；富贵了又骄横，是给自己招祸。功成了身就退，这是天的道理。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Wang Bi; it will be checked when the chapter is taught.
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