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原文
治大国若烹小鲜。以道莅天下，其鬼不神；非其鬼不神，其神不伤人；非其神不伤人，圣人亦不伤人。夫两不相伤，故德交归焉。
王弼注
治大国，若烹小鲜。不扰也，躁则多害，静则全真，故其国弥大，而其主弥静，然后乃能广得众心矣。以道莅天下，其鬼不神；治大国则若烹小鲜，以道莅天下则其鬼不神也。非其鬼不神，其神不伤人；神不害自然也，物守自然则神无所加，神无所加则不知神之为神也。非其神不伤人，圣人亦不伤人。道洽则神不伤人，神不伤人则不知神之为神。道洽则圣人亦不伤人，圣人不伤人则不知圣人之为圣也。犹云，不知神之为神，亦不知圣之为圣也。夫恃威网以使物者，治之衰也。使不知神圣之为神圣，道之极也。夫两不相伤，故德交归焉。神不伤人，圣人亦不伤人，圣人不伤人，神亦不伤人。故曰，两不相伤也。神圣合道，交归之也。
英文 · James Legge
(Occupying the throne) Governing a great state is like cooking small fish. Let the kingdom be governed according to the Dao, and the manes of the departed will not manifest their spiritual energy. It is not that those manes have not that spiritual energy, but it will not be employed to hurt men. It is not that it could not hurt men, but neither does the ruling sage hurt them. When these two do not injuriously affect each other, their good influences converge in the virtue (of the Dao).