The Way Is the Storehouse of All Things
The Text
道者，万物之奥。善人之宝，不善人之所保。美言可以市尊，美行可以加人。人之不善，何弃之有？故立天子，置三公，虽有拱璧以先驷马，不如坐进此道。古之所以贵此道者何？不曰：求以得，有罪以免邪？故为天下贵。
The way is the storehouse of the ten thousand things — the treasure of the good, the shelter of the not-good. Fine words can be sold; honoured deeds can outshine crowds. Why abandon the not-good? So when the Son of Heaven is installed and the three ministers appointed, jade discs followed by teams of horses — that is not as good as sitting still and offering this way. Why did the ancients prize this way so? Did they not say: seek it and find; guilty, and be freed? That is why it is the treasure of the world.
Reading it
A treasury with no admission exam — the shelter of the not-good is the scandal that makes it a treasure. The state ceremonial, jade and horses, is priced against the free thing and loses. Seek and find, guilty and freed: the way’s two services, both without paperwork.
一座不设入试的库房——「不善人之所保」正是使它成为宝物的丑闻。玉璧驷马的国家仪典，被拿来与这件免费的东西比价，输了。「求以得，有罪以免」：道的两项服务，都不要文书。
Extend your best patience this week to the one person whose conduct you find least deserving of it. Note what that costs and what it changes.
这周把你最好的耐心，给你认为最不配的那个人。记下它花了什么、改变了什么。