​浅读老子《道德经》第九章

浅读老子《道德经》第九章

时代傻瓜李博士

上善若水，水善利万物而不争。

《道德经》第九章原文：

持而盈之，不如其已；揣而锐之，不可长保。金玉满堂，莫之能守；富贵而骄，自遗其咎。功成身退，天之道也。

根据我粗浅的理解译为：

不要把手中的器皿盛得太满，要知到适执时停止；一种东西的锋芒太过于显露了，绝对不可以保持长久。家中金玉满堂，总很难长期守住的；人富贵了以后便骄横任性，这就为自己理下了无法祸根。成功地做成了一件事情后，要学会退让收敛，这种做法才符合自然之道。

我用简单英语翻译如下：

Don’t overfill your utensils, you should stop in time in case of the water spill over. If the edge of a thing is exposed outside，it will soon be blunted easily. If one’s house full of gold and jade，he cannot keep them for a long time. The rich man who become arrogant and capricious sowed the seeds of disaster for himself. If you succeed in doing something，you must learn to converge and withdraw in due time，this is in line with the Nature’s principle.