道德经英文版（制惑第七十四）
~{ 民不畏死，奈何以死惧之？若使民常畏死，而为奇者，吾得执而~}
~{杀之，孰敢？~}~{ 常有司杀者杀。夫代司杀者杀，是谓代大匠□，夫代大匠□者，~}
~{希有不伤其手矣。~}
74. Execution
If people were not afraid of death,
Then what would be the use of an executioner?
If people feared only death,
No one would dare disobey.
Again what would be the use of an executioner?
People fear death because death is an instrument of fate.
When people are killed by execution rather than by fate,
This is like carving wood in place of the carpenter.
Those who carve wood in place of the carpenter
Often lose their fingers.