益谦
原文
曲则全，枉则直，洼则盈，弊则新，少则得，多则惑。是以圣人抱一为天下式。不自见，故明；不自是，故彰；不自伐，故有功；不自矜，故长。夫唯不争，故天下莫能与之争。古之所谓曲则全者，岂虚言哉！诚全而归之。
王弼注
曲则全，不自见其明则全也。枉则直，不自是则其是彰也。洼则盈，不自伐则其功有也。弊则新，不自矜则其德长也。少则得，多则惑。自然之道亦犹树也，转多转远其根，转少转得其本。多则远其真，故曰惑也；少则得其本，故曰得也。是以圣人抱一为天下式。一，少之极也。式，犹则之也。不自见故明，不自是故彰，不自伐故有功，不自矜故长。夫唯不争，故天下莫能与之争。古之所谓曲则全者，岂虚言哉！诚全而归之。
英文 · James Legge
(The increase granted to humility) The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray. Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world. He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines; from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished; from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged; from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority. It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him. That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete' was not vainly spoken: - all real completion is comprehended under it.