第七十三章     疏而不漏

勇于敢則殺，勇于不敢則活。此兩者，或利或害。天之所惡，孰知其故？天之道，不爭而善勝，不言而善應，不召而自來，繟然而善謀。天網恢恢，疏而不失。

Nature’s Net

Those bold in breakingNatural Laws will die,

those bold in acting inaccoedance with the Natural laws will survive.

Of these two kinds of bravery, one is beneficial, while theother proves harmful. Some things are detested by the Natural Laws, But nobody knowsthe reason.

The Tao of the universe does not compete, yet wins; does notspeak, yet 阿all respond;does not command, yet is obeyed; and does act, but is good at directing.

The nets of the universe are wide, but nothing slips through.

4. 本章根據帛書乙本， 去除了“是以圣人猶難之“一句。63章中出現過，與本章內容不符。

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持強逞欲就膽大妄為必遭毀滅，克制欲望而尊道貴德必然長久。這兩種行為一個吉祥，一個遭難，天道厭棄違背自然而妄為的行為，誰知其中緣故呢？天道坦蕩，因無事不爭而取勝，以身示教萬物順隨，無需召喚而各就各位，寬緩從容卻精妙絕倫。