第二十四章 中和謙卑
企者不立,跨者不行。自見者不明,自是者不彰,自伐者無功,自矜者不長。其在道也,曰:馀食贅形。物或惡之,故有道者不處。
Harmony in toleration
Those who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm; those who stretches his legs does not walk long.
Those who adhere to their own way of thinking cannot be open-minded.
Those who are arrogant of themselves cannot be distinguished.
Those who make claims have no credit.
To persons of the Way, these traits are like leftover of food and waste of action, Which all creatures detest. Therefore those who possess Tao turn away from them.
[譯文]
踮著腳是站不久的,跳躍而行是走不遠的。固執(zhí)己見的人,不明事理;自以為是的人,成不了大事;自我吹噓的人,沒有功績可言;狂妄自大的人,不得長久。對于修道明德的人來說,固執(zhí)己見、 自以為是、自我吹噓、狂妄自大這不良習(xí)氣和稟性是修行人極大的障礙。
這些不良習(xí)性令人厭惡, 所以有志修道明德的人一定要去除這些毛病。