第二十九章   顺势而为

将欲取天下而为之，吾见其不得已。天下神器，不可为也。为者败之，执者失之。 故物或行或随，或嘘或吹，或强或羸，或挫或隳。 是以圣人去甚，去奢，去泰。

Act Within Natural Laws

Those who take over the world and act upon it, I notice, do notsucceed.

The world is of the nature from universal intelligence and itcan not be controlled. He who acts on it harms it. He who holds on to it losesit.

So, the laws ofnature have their own rythems,

Some lead, somefollow;

Some agitate, someremain silent;

Some are firm, someare weak;

Some manifest, somefall apart.

Thus, Enlightened Individuals

avoid extremes,

avoid extravagance,

avoid excesses.

 [译文]

企图操控宇宙的自然循环任意而为，我看这种奢望是不能得逞的。世间万物由宇宙本源而来，并非某个人的后天意识可以随心所欲的，也不可据为己有。强行者必遭失败，执迷贪欲不放者一定受损。

万物各具法则： 有引领， 有随从； 有徐缓， 有急促； 有坚固，有柔弱；有行健，有败落。由此，真正悟道的人要去除极端，去除骄奢， 去除虚华。