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绝学无忧，唯之与阿，相去几何？善之与𫫇，相去若何？人之所畏，不可不畏。荒兮其未央哉！众人熙熙，如享太牢，如春登台。我独怕兮其未兆；如婴儿之未孩；儽儽兮若无所归。众人皆有余，而我独若遗。我愚人之心也哉！沌沌兮，俗人昭昭，我独若昏。
When we renounce learning we have no troubles.
第20章 · Chapter 20
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俗人察察，我独闷闷。澹兮其若海，飂兮若无止，众人皆有以，而我独顽似鄙。我独异于人，而贵食母。
The (ready) 'yes,' and (flattering) 'yea;' Small is the difference they display. But mark their issues, good and ill; What space the gulf between shall fill? What all men fear is indeed to be feared; but how wide and without end is the range of questions (asking to be discussed)! The multitude of men look satisfied and pleased; as if enjoying a full banquet, as if mounted on a tower in spring. I alone seem listless and still, my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence. I am like an infant which has not yet smiled. I look dejected and forlorn, as if I had no home to go to. The multitude of men all have enough and to spare. I alone seem to have lost everything. My mind is that of a stupid man; I am in a state of chaos. Ordinary men look bright and intelligent, while I alone seem to be benighted. They look full of discrimination, while I alone am dull and confused. I seem to be carried about as on the sea, drifting as if I had nowhere to rest. All men have their spheres of action, while I alone seem dull and incapable, like a rude borderer. (Thus) I alone am different from other men, but I value the nursing-mother (the Dao).