《道德经》英译（第四十三章）

天下之至柔，

驰骋天下之至坚。

无有入无间，

吾是以知无为之有益。

不言之教，

无为之益，

天下希及之。

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Chapter 43

The softest power of the world

can penetrate¹ through the hardest objects.

This invisible force is able to go through any gapless² substance.

I, therefore, realize the advantage of ‘’non-action”.

The teaching of “non-speech”,

the advantage of “non-action”,

there is hardly³ anything that can compete with them.

1. The character refers to “riding fast” or “galloping”.

2. meaning “no gap”, “no space”, or “no room”.

3. Ma Wang Dui versions A and B use a different expression.