大道廢,有仁義;智慧出,有大偽;六親不和,有孝慈;國家昏亂,有忠臣。
Chaos Follows
When the Great Tao was abandoned, philanthropy and morality appear;
When human intelligence on greediness is used,
great hypocrisies emerge;
When the Family has no harmony,
There were the standards "kind parents" and" filial sons";
When the nation falls into chaos,
Patriotism is born.
[譯文]
大道廢馳,便產(chǎn)生人類的仁義。人類后天的智巧擴滋生,欺詐虛假就自然出現(xiàn)。
六親間因私利不和,孝與慈得以彰顯。國家混亂不堪,才需要忠貞的臣子。