右第二章

右第二章

不尚賢,便民不爭。不貴難得之貨,使民不爲盗;不見可欲,使民心不亂。草廬已注盡矣,吾再益之,老子之意深焉。夫尚賢之國病,多貴難得之物,民患盗矣。多病者,比國有淳良之臣,天下措安。君尤尚賢,人詐賢可習矣。既能倣之,若他日親近,則淳良之臣非禍則去之。若老子云不見可欲,使民不亂,大㮣使民下知賢貴,不知貨財之難得,天下安。以聖人之治,虚其心,實其腹,弱其志,彊其骨。是以聖人常自淸薄,不豐其身。使民富,乃實腹也。民富則國之大本固矣,然更不恃民富而國壮,他生事焉,是爲實腹、弱志、彊骨也。常使民無知無欲,使民無知無欲,即前文不尚賢、不貴難得之物,致民不見而不貪是也。使夫知者,不敢爲也。既知國之不尚,雖知可慕,亦不敢爲是也。無爲則無不治矣。諸事先有勤勞而合理,儘爲之矣。既已措安,乃無爲矣。

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