| 27.1.1 |
A
good traveler (will) not
(leave) tracks (to show where he) goes.
A good speechmaker (has)
no flaw (in his speech).
A good counter does not use chips (or)
tallies. |
| 27.1.2 |
Door well-shut (even) without latch, yet can not
be open.
Ropes well fastened (even) without knots yet can not be
untied. |
| 27.2.1 |
This is why the sage is always good at saving
people,
and (he does) not abandon people. |
| 27.2.2 |
(He is) always good at saving things,
(and)
so (he does) not abandon things. |
| 27.2.3 |
This is called following the pattern of the
enlightened. |
| 27.3.1 |
So
the good people is good as (other) people's teacher.
(And) the
not good people like (other) people's endowment. |
| 27.3.2 |
Not valuing (to be) their teacher,
(and) not
loving their endowments.
Even the wise is deeply
lost. |
| 27.3.3 |
This is called the wonderful essential
(principle). |
