异俗
原文
绝学无忧，唯之与阿，相去几何？善之与恶，相去若何？人之所畏，不可不畏。荒兮其未央哉！衆人熙熙，如享太牢，如春登台。我独怕兮其未兆；如婴儿之未孩；儽儽兮若无所归。衆人皆有馀，而我独若遗。我愚人之心也哉！沌沌兮，俗人昭昭，我独若昏。俗人察察，我独闷闷。澹兮其若海，飂兮若无止，衆人皆有以，而我独顽似鄙。我独异于人，而贵食母。
王弼注
绝学无忧，唯之与阿，相去几何？善之与恶，相去若何？人之所畏，不可不畏。下篇，为学者日益，为道者日损。然则学求益所能，而进其智者也，若将无欲而足，何求于益。不知而中，何求于进。夫燕雀有匹，鸠鸽有仇，寒乡之民，必知旃裘，自然已足，益之则忧。故续凫之足，何异截鹤之颈，畏誉而进，何异畏刑。唯阿美恶，相去若何？故人之所畏，吾亦异焉，未敢恃之以为用也。荒兮其未央哉！叹与俗相返之远也。众人熙熙，如享太牢，如春登台。众人迷于美进，惑于荣利，欲进心竞，故熙熙如享太牢，如春登台也。我独怕兮其未兆，如婴儿之未孩；言我廓然，无形之可名，无兆之可举，如婴儿之未能孩也。儽儽兮，若无所归。若无所宅。众人皆有馀，而我独若遗。众人无不有怀有志，盈溢胸心，故曰，皆有馀也。我独廓然，无为无欲，若遗失之也。我愚人之心也哉！绝愚之人，心无所别析，意无所美恶，犹然其情不可睹，我颓然若此也。沌沌兮，无所别析，不可为名。俗人昭昭，耀其光也。我独若昏。俗人察察，分别别析也。我独闷闷。澹兮其若海，情不可睹。飂兮若无止。无所系絷。众人皆有以，以，用也。皆欲有所施用也。而我独顽似鄙。无所欲为，闷闷昏昏，若无所识，故曰，顽且鄙也。我独异于人，而贵食母。食母，生之本也。人者皆弃生民之本，贵末饰之华，故曰，我独欲异于人。
英文 · James Legge
(Being different from ordinary men) When we renounce learning we have no troubles. The (ready) 'yes,' and (flattering) 'yea;' Small is the difference they display. But mark their issues, good and ill; What space the gulf between shall fill? What all men fear is indeed to be feared; but how wide and without end is the range of questions (asking to be discussed)! The multitude of men look satisfied and pleased; as if enjoying a full banquet, as if mounted on a tower in spring. I alone seem listless and still, my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence. I am like an infant which has not yet smiled. I look dejected and forlorn, as if I had no home to go to. The multitude of men all have enough and to spare. I alone seem to have lost everything. My mind is that of a stupid man; I am in a state of chaos. Ordinary men look bright and intelligent, while I alone seem to be benighted. They look full of discrimination, while I alone am dull and confused. I seem to be carried about as on the sea, drifting as if I had nowhere to rest. All men have their spheres of action, while I alone seem dull and incapable, like a rude borderer. (Thus) I alone am different from other men, but I value the nursing-mother (the Dao).