七十章

七十章

吾言甚易知,甚易行;天下莫能知,莫能行。可不出戶窺牖而知,故日甚易知也;無爲而成,故曰甚易行也;惑於躁欲,故曰莫之能知也;迷於榮利,故曰其之能行也。言有宗,事有君。宗,萬物之宗也;君,萬物之主也。夫唯無知,是以不我知。以其言有宗,事有君之故。故有知之人,不得不一語對峙,非相從之子母句也。知之也。知我者希,則我者貴。唯深,故知之者希也。知我益希,我亦無匹,故曰知我者希,則我者貴也。是以聖人被褐懷玉。被褐者同其塵,懷玉者寶其眞也。聖人之所以難知,以其同塵而不殊,懷玉而不渝,故難知而爲貴也。

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