忘知

原文

为学日益，为道日损。损之又损，以至于无为。无为而无不为。取天下常以无事，及其有事，不足以取天下。

王弼注

为学日益，务欲进其所能，益其所习。为道日损。务欲反虚无也。损之又损，以至于无为。无为而无不为。有为则有所失，故无为乃无所不为也。取天下常以无事，动常因也。及其有事，自己造也。不足以取天下。失统本也。

英文 · James Legge

(Forgetting knowledge) He who devotes himself to learning (seeks) from day to day to increase (his knowledge); he who devotes himself to the Dao (seeks) from day to day to diminish (his doing). He diminishes it and again diminishes it, till he arrives at doing nothing (on purpose). Having arrived at this point of non-action, there is nothing which he does not do. He who gets as his own all under heaven does so by giving himself no trouble (with that end). If one take trouble (with that end), he is not equal to getting as his own all under heaven.