Humility, Dimming Radiance, Sheathing the Light, 韜光
"Heaven lasts long, and Earth
abides.
What is the secret of their durability?
Is it not because they do not live for themselves
That they can live so long?
Therefore, the Sage wants to remain behind,
But finds himself at the head of others;
Reckons himself out,
But finds himself safe and secure.
Is it not because he is selfless
That his Self is realised?"
- Translated by
John C. H. Wu, Chapter 7
"Heaven is eternal, earth is lasting.
The reason why heaven and earth are eternal and lasting is because they do not
live for themselves,
That is the reason they will ever endure.
Therefore the wise man will keep his personality out of sight and because of so
doing he will become notable.
He subordinates his personality and therefore it is preserved.
Is it not because he is disinterested, that his own interests are conserved?"
- Translated by
Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel, 1919,
Chapter 7
"Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long.
The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is
Because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
This is how they are able to continue and endure.
Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost
place;
He treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is
preserved.
Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends
are realized?"
- Translated by
James Legge, 1891,
Chapter 7
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