老子《道德经》英译第五十七章
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　　【原文】
　　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； 人多利器，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”
　　【现代汉语】
　　以清静无为之道治国，以出奇诡秘的计谋用兵，用无为的政治统治天下。我根据什么知道是这样的呢？根据下面这些：天下的禁忌越多，人民就越贫穷；民间武器越多，国家就越混乱；人民的技巧智慧越多，邪恶的事情就层出不穷；法令越严明，盗贼反而越多。
　　所以有“道”的圣人说：“我无为，人民就自我化育；我好静，人民就自然端正；我不搅扰人民，人民就自然富裕；我不贪婪，人民就自然朴实。”
　　【英译】
　　A state may be ruled by (measures of) correction; weapons of war may be used with crafty dexterity; (but) the kingdom is made one's own (only) by freedom from action and purpose.
　　How do I know that it is so? By these facts:--In the kingdom the multiplication of prohibitive enactments increases the poverty of the people; the more implements to add to their profit that the people have, the greater disorder is there in the state and clan; the more acts of crafty dexterity that men possess, the more do strange contrivances appear; the more display there is of legislation, the more thieves and robbers there are.
　　Therefore a sage has said, 'I will do nothing (of purpose), and the people will be transformed of themselves; I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct. I will take no trouble about it, and the people will of themselves become rich; I will manifest no ambition, and the people will of themselves attain to the primitive simplicity.'
　　【备注】
　　以正治国，以奇用兵，以无事取天下。
　　正：光明正大，公平、公正。 奇：出人意料的，令人难以预测的。无事：无个人私心。
　　“以正治国，”就是以公平、公正的法律治国。法律是光明正大的，要求人人知法守法。用兵则不然，欲运筹于帷幄之中，决胜于千里之外，必须运用奇谋。要想取得国家的领导权，成为人民拥戴的领袖，决不能怀有不可告人的目的，必须以天下为公。
　　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；人多技巧，奇物滋起；法令滋彰，盗