俭欲

原文

天下有道，却走马以粪。天下无道，戎马生于郊。祸莫大于不知足；咎莫大于欲得。故知足之足，常足矣。

王弼注

天下有道，却走马以粪。天下有道，知足知止，无求于外，各修其内而已，故却走马以治田粪也。天下无道，戎马生于郊。贪欲无厌，不修其内，各求于外，故戎马生于郊也。祸莫大于不知足；咎莫大于欲得。故知足之足，常足矣。

英文 · James Legge

(The moderating of desire or ambition) When the Dao prevails in the world, they send back their swift horses to (draw) the dung- carts. When the Dao is disregarded in the world, the war-horses breed in the border lands. There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition; no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot; no fault greater than the wish to be getting. Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency.