第七十九章   中和解怨

和大怨，必有馀怨，安可以為善？ 報(bào)怨以德。是以圣人執(zhí)左契，而不責(zé)于人。有德司契，無(wú)德司徹。天道無(wú)親，常與善人。

Reconciling by Natural Laws

Patching up a great hatred is sure to leave some hatred behind. How canthis be regarded as satisfactory?

That iswhy Enlightened Individuals

hold theleft side of the contract

and donot blame others.

The virtuous attends to his duties; The virtueless knows only how to levyduties upon the people.

The Tao in Nature is impartial. It always stayswith the harmonious.

[譯文]

調(diào)和雙方深重怨恨，必然留下余怨，如何能夠友善和諧相處呢？用天德來(lái)化解怨恨才是解決辦法。

真正悟道的人居間經(jīng)雙方溝通達(dá)到中和，而不索取苛責(zé)于人。因此，有德的人持借據(jù)的存根，并不強(qiáng)行索??；無(wú)德的人則持強(qiáng)茍取。