英汉对照老子道德经_63
第六十三章
【原文】
为无为，事无事，味无味。
大小多少，报怨以德。
图难于其易，为大于其细。
天下难事，必作于易。
天下大事，必作于细。
是以圣人终不为大，故能成其大。
夫轻诺必寡信，多易必多难。
是以圣人犹难之，故终无难矣。
【中文释义】
圣人治理天下，以不扰民为原则，不要人民替政府做太多的服务，凡事均要简简单单的。
事情都是由小而大由少而多的，要以仁德去对付怨恨。
对付困难要从容易处开始，做大事要从小事着手。
因为天下的难事都是从简易处开始的。
天下的大事也多是从小事开始的。
圣人不好骛远，结果反而能够成大事。
轻易承诺必然会失信，常将事情看得太容易必会遭遇困难。
圣人将任何事情都看作是件难事，结果反而没有遇到任何困难。
【英文释义】
The sage’s policy is to rule his nation without unnecessary interference with people, without asking people to do many things his the government, but rather to make everything as simple as possible.
Action would always start from “small” growing to “large”, from “few” expanding to “many”. The sage always returns mercy for hatred.
Handing a difficult situation, you must start with doing something easy; handing a great task, you must start with performing a small thing.
All great achievements come from the small beginnings.
The sage never wished to accomplishment a great mission, but made great accomplishments nonetheless.
Easy to make promise often does not make it. Thinking too easy often meets difficulty.
The sage treats everything as a difficult thing. Consequently, he does not meet any difficulty.
