第三十七章


道常无为，而无不为。
侯王若能守之，万物将自化。
化而欲作，吾将镇之以无名之朴。
无名之朴，夫亦将无欲。
不欲以静，天下将自定。



Chapter 37


The Tao never does anything,
yet through it all things are done.

If powerful men and women
could venter themselves in it,
the whole world would be transformed by itself,
in its natural rhythms.
People would be content
with their simple, everyday lives,
in harmony, and free of desire.

When there is no desire,
all things are at peace.