第五十七章

以正治国，以奇用兵，以无事取天下。吾何以知其然哉？以此。天下多忌讳，而民弥贫；民多利器，国家滋昏；人多伎巧，奇物滋起；法令滋彰，盗贼多有。故圣人云：我无为而民自化，我好静而民自正，我无事而民自富，我无欲而民自朴。

Govern the state with correctness; wage war with strategy; win the world with non-interference. How do I know this is so? Through this: The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people become. The more sharp weapons people have, the more the state falls into chaos. The more cunning and skill people have, the more strange things arise. The more laws are proclaimed, the more thieves and robbers appear. Therefore the sage says: I practice non-action and the people transform themselves; I love stillness and the people correct themselves; I do not interfere and the people prosper by themselves; I have no desires and the people return to simplicity.

白话译文

用正道来治理国家，用奇谋来用兵打仗，用无为来取得天下。我怎么知道是这样的呢？根据就是：天下的禁令越多，百姓就越贫穷；百姓的利器越多，国家就越混乱；人们的技巧越多，怪事就越出现；法令越分明，盗贼反而越多。所以圣人说：我无为而百姓自然化育，我好静而百姓自然端正，我不搞事而百姓自然富足，我没有私欲而百姓自然纯朴。

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