道德經 第71章道德经 第71章
老子老子
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知知不不知知上上
不不知知知知病病
夫夫唯唯病病病病
是是以以不不病病
聖圣人人不不病病
以以其其病病病病
是是以以不不病病
Translation
To know and yet (think) we do not know is the highest (attainment); not to know (and yet think) we do know is a disease. It is simply by being pained at (the thought of) having this disease that we are preserved from it. The sage has not the disease. He knows the pain that would be inseparable from it, and therefore he does not have it.
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