Dao De Jing – De la Voie et de la Vertu

Les choses les plus molles du monde subjuguent les choses les plus dures du monde.
Le non-être traverse les choses impénétrables36. C'est par là que je sais que le non-agir est utile.
Dans l'univers, il y a bien peu d'hommes qui sachent instruire sans parler et tirer profit du non-agir37.

Julien 43

What is of all things most yielding
Can overwhelm that which is of all things most hard.
Being substanceless it can enter even where is no space;
That is how I know the value of action that is actionless.
But that there can be teaching without words,
Value in action that is actionless,
Few indeed can understand.

Waley 43

天下最柔的东西能驾御天下最硬的东西, 无形的力量能穿透没有间隙的东西。我因此知道无为的好处。
不言的教育, 无为的收益, 天下少有人知。
人所厌恶的是“孤”、“寡”、“不谷”, 而王公用它们以自谦。所以世上的事情很不定, 有时会因受害而获益, 有时虽受益却埋下了祸的种子。
别人强行施教的东西, 我可以通过潜移默化的方法教给学生。

白话翻译

Das Allerweichste auf Erden
überholt das Allerhärteste auf Erden.
Das Nichtseiende dringt auch noch ein in das,
was keinen Zwischenraum hat.
Daran erkennt man den Wert des Nicht-Handelns.
Die Belehrung ohne Worte, den Wert des Nicht-Handelns
erreichen nur wenige auf Erden.

Wilhelm 43

Exterminate learning, and there will no longer be worries.

The most submissive thing in the world can ride roughshod over the hardestin the world;
That which is without substance entering that which has no crevices.

That is why I know the benefit of resorting to no action.
The teaching that uses no words, the benefit of resorting to no action,these are beyond the understanding of all but a very few in the world.

Lau 43