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lipu Nasin — kasi nanpa 19
| 绝圣弃智 | Get rid of “holiness” and abandon “wisdom” and the people will benefit a hundredfold. | |
| 绝仁弃义 | Get rid of “humaneness” and abandon “rightness” and the people will return to filial piety and compassion. | |
| 绝巧弃利 | Get rid of cleverness and abandon profit, and thieves and gangsters will not exist. | |
| 此三者以为文不足 | Since the above three are merely words, they are not sufficient. | |
| 故令有所属 | Therefore there must be something to include them all. | |
| 见素抱朴 | See the origin and keep the non-differentiated state. | |
| 少私寡欲 | Lessen selfishness and decrease desire. |