第二十七章

善行无辙迹，善言无瑕谪，善数不用筹策，善闭无关楗而不可开，善结无绳约而不可解。是以圣人常善救人，故无弃人；常善救物，故无弃物，是谓袭明。故善人者，不善人之师；不善人者，善人之资。不贵其师，不爱其资，虽智大迷，是谓要妙。

A good traveler leaves no tracks; a good speaker makes no slips; a good counter needs no tally. A good door needs no bolts yet cannot be opened; a good knot needs no rope yet cannot be untied. Therefore the sage is always good at saving people, and so no one is abandoned; always good at saving things, and so nothing is wasted. This is called following the light. Thus the good person is the teacher of the not-good; the not-good person is the resource of the good. Not to value the teacher, not to love the resource — though one may be clever, this is the great confusion. This is called the essential mystery.

白话译文

善于行走的不留痕迹，善于言谈的不会有过失，善于计算的不用筹码，善于关门的不用门闩却无法打开，善于打结的不用绳索却无法解开。因此圣人经常善于救助人，所以没有人被遗弃；经常善于利用万物，所以没有东西被浪费，这叫做承袭了明道。所以善人是不善之人的老师；不善之人是善人可以借鉴的。不尊重自己的老师，不珍惜可以借鉴的人，虽然自以为聪明实际上却很糊涂，这就是精微深奥的道理。

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