beck The Value of Non-action The softest things in the world overcome the hardest. Non-being penetrates even where there is no space. Through this I know the value of non-action. Teaching without words and the value of non-action are understood by few in the world. |
blakney The softest of stuff in the world Penetrates quickly the hardest; Insubstantial, it enters Where no room is. By this I know the benefit Of something done by quiet being; In all the world but few can know Accomplishment apart from work, Instruction when no words are used. |
byrn The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. The softest substance radiates through the hardest. Also, what's most yielding can eventually overwhelm the hardest. Formless penetrates no-crevice; substanceless it can enter where there's no space; all this could be not-yet-being entering and jostling non-space. That's how I know the value of action that's actionless. Through this I [also] know the benefit or advantage of taking no action. There can be [sad] teaching without words. To teach without words can be best. Still few can understand such stuff. And there can be solid value in action that's actionless, or the advantage of taking no action. Yes, the [said] benefit of taking no action is without compare. Few can understand it. |
feng The softest thing in the universe Overcomes the hardest thing in the universe. That without substance can enter where there is no room. Hence I know the value of non-action. Teaching without words and work without doing Are understood by very few. |
ganson The softest will penetrate the hardest. The non-existent will penetrate the existent. By this I know the value of being passive. This is teaching without words, achievement without direct action. In all the world few know this. |
gnl Overcoming Water overcomes the stone; Without substance it requires no opening; This is the benefit of taking no action. Yet benefit without action, And experience without abstraction, Are practiced by very few. |
hansen Absolute Negation The most yielding in the social world gallops over the most firm in the social world. That which lacks being enters into that which lacks space. I, with this, know the advantage of lacking deem-acting. The teaching that is not put in language, The advantage of lacking deem-acting, In the social world, these are rarely achieved. |
legge 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. |
mccarroll The most yielding of all things overcomes the hardest of all things. That which has no substance enters where there is no crevice. Hence, I know the value of action without striving. Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving. |
mcdonald That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances. That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space. Few in the world can comprehend the teaching without words, or understand the value of non-action. |
merel The soft overcomes the hard; The formless penetrates the impenetrable; Therefore I value taking no action. Teaching without words, Work without action, Are understood by no one. |
merel2 Overcoming Water overcomes the stone; Without substance it requires no opening; This is the benefit of taking no action. Yet benefit without action, And experience without abstraction, Are practiced by very few. |
mitchell The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world. That which has no substance enters where there is no space. This shows the value of non-action. Teaching without words, performing without actions: that is the Master's way. |
muller The softest thing in the world Will overcome the hardest. Non-being can enter where there is no space. Therefore I know the benefit of unattached action. The wordless teaching and unattached action Are rarely seen. |
rosenthal AT ONE WITH TAO Only the soft overcomes the hard, by yielding, bringing it to peace. Even where there is no space, that which has no substance enters in. Through these things is shown the value of the natural way. The wise man understands full well, that wordless teaching can take place, and that actions should occur without the wish for self-advancement. |
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