第四十三章
遍用
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。
王弼注
英译 · James Legge
The universal use (of the action in weakness of the Dao)
The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest; that which has no (substantial) existence enters where there is no crevice. I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing (with a purpose).
There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action.
天下之至柔，驰骋天下之至坚。
气无所不入，水无所不出于经。
无有入无闲，吾是以知无为之有益。
虚无柔弱，无所不通，无有不可穷，至柔不可折，以此推之，故知无为之有益也。
不言之教，无为之益，天下希及之。