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Chapter 22
第二十二章
The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new.
曲則全，枉則直；洼則盈，弊則新；
He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray.
少則得，多則惑，
Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world.
是以圣人抱一為天下式。
He is free from self-display, and therefore he shines; from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished;
不自見，故明；不自是，故彰；
from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged; from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority.
不自伐，故有功；不自矜，故長。
It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.
夫唯不爭，故天下莫能與之爭。
That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete' was not vainly spoken: all real completion is comprehended under it.
古之所謂“曲則全”者，豈虛言哉？誠全而歸之。
