还淳第十九

守中阁

通行本(简)：

绝圣弃智，民利百倍；绝仁弃义，民复孝慈；绝巧弃利，盗贼无有。此三者以为文，不足。故令有所属：见素抱朴，少思寡欲，绝学无懮。

通行本(繁)：

絕聖棄智，民利百倍；絕仁棄義，民復孝慈；絕巧棄利，盗賊無有。此三者以為文，不足。故令有所屬：見素抱樸，少思寡欲，絕學無懮。

白话文解释：

抛弃了圣智,人民有百倍好处;

抛弃了仁义,孝慈就可以恢复;

抛弃了巧利,盗贼也能够消除。

圣智、仁义、巧利这三项,都文饰过度,成事不足。

所以,要让人另有归属。

那就是:见素抱朴,少私寡欲,抛弃学问,无忧无虑。

英文翻译：

Simplify

If we could abolish knowledge and wisdom

Then people would profit a hundredfold;

If we could abolish duty and justice

Then harmoníous relationships would form;

If we could abolish artifice and profit

Then waste and theft would disappear.

Yet such remedies treat only symptoms

And so they are inadequate.

People need personal remedies:

Reveal your naked self and embrace your original nature;

Bind your self-interest and control your ambition:

Forget your habits and simplify your affairs.

马王堆帛书本(繁)：

絕聲（聖，乙本作“耶”）棄知，而民利百倍（甲本作負）。絕仁棄義，而民復孝（甲本作畜）兹（慈）。絕巧棄利，盗賊无有。

此三言也，以為文未足，故令之有所屬。（爲，僞也。文，文飾也。《禮記·月令》“作爲”，今卽作“詐僞”）

見素抱樸，少私而寡欲。

絕學无憂。