洪德

原文

大成若缺，其用不弊。大盈若冲，其用不穷。大直若屈，大巧若拙，大辩若讷。躁胜寒静胜热。清静为天下正。

王弼注

大成若缺，其用不弊。随物而成，不为一象，故若缺也。大盈若冲，其用不穷。大盈冲足，随物而与，无所爱矜，故若冲也。大直若屈，随物而直，直不在一，故若屈也。大巧若拙，大巧，因自然以成器，不造为异端，故若拙也。大辩若讷。大辩因物而言，己无所造，故若讷也。躁胜寒，静胜热。清静为天下正。躁罢然后胜寒，静无为以胜热，以此推之，则清静为天下正也。静则全物之真，躁则犯物之性，故惟清静乃得如上诸大也。

英文 · James Legge

(Great or overflowing virtue) Who thinks his great achievements poor Shall find his vigour long endure. Of greatest fulness, deemed a void, Exhaustion never shall stem the tide. Do thou what's straight still crooked deem; Thy greatest art still stupid seem, And eloquence a stammering scream. Constant action overcomes cold; being still overcomes heat. Purity and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.