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原文

天下之至柔,驰骋天下之至坚。无有入无间,吾是以知无为之有益。不言之教,无为之益,天下希及之。


王弼注

天下之至柔,驰骋天下之至坚。气无所不入,水无所不出于经。无有入无闲,吾是以知无为之有益。虚无柔弱,无所不通,无有不可穷,至柔不可折,以此推之,故知无为之有益也。不言之教,无为之益,天下希及之。


英文 · James Legge

(The universal use (of the action in weakness of the Dao)) The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest; that which has no (substantial) existence enters where there is no crevice. I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing (with a purpose). There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action.