道德经英文版（益证第五十三）
~{ 使我介然有知，行于大道，唯施是畏。~}
~{ 大道甚夷，而人好径。朝甚除，田甚芜，仓甚虚；服文采，带利~}
~{剑，厌饮食，财货有馀；是为盗夸。非道也哉！~}
53. Difficult Paths
With but a small understanding
One may treat flow like a highway,
Fearing only to leave it;
Following a highway is easy,
Yet people delight in difficult paths.
When palaces are kept up
Fields are left to weeds
And granaries empty;
Wearing fine clothes,
Bearing sharp swords,
Glutting with food and drink,
Hoarding wealth and possessions -
These are the ways of theft,
And far from flow.