And the citizens return to being devoted children and loving parents. Renounce cleverness, abandon profit, And thieves and bandits will not exist. These three things thus make a civilized society, but are not enough. Therefore : to ensure the citizens have a place to belong – See the simplicity, Embrace the concept of the uncarved block, Less selfishness, Fewer desires. Renounce sacredness, abandon wisdom*, ♦And the citizens benefit 100-fold. Renounce kindness*, abandon morality*, [righteousness] And the citizens return to being devoted children* and loving parents*. Renounce cleverness, abandon profit, And thieves and bandits{traitors} will not exist. These three things thus make a civilized society, but are not enough. [entities] [formal,polite,culture] Therefore : to ensure [the citizens] have a place to belongA – [make,cause] See the simplicity, Embrace the [concept of the] uncarved block, Less selfishness, Fewer desires. Notes GUO is significantly different about what to renounce or abandon, and the results, and it uses no Confucian terms; as early as MWD/B and MWD/A some Confucian terms had appeared A : perhaps meaning a place worth belonging to? Cross-references returning : #14, #16, #20, #22, #25, #28, #34, #40, #52, #58, #60, #64, #65, #80 thieves and bandits : #57 uncarved block : #15, #28, #32, #37, #57 anti-Confucian : #3, #18, #27, #33, #38 Chapter Twenty 絕 學 無 憂 唯 之 與 阿 相 去 幾 何 (美) 之 與 惡 相 去 若 何 人 之 所 畏 不 可 不 畏 • 荒 兮 其 未 央 哉(•) 眾 人 熙 熙 如 享 太 牢 • 如 春 登 臺 我 獨 泊 兮(•) 其 未 兆 如 嬰 兒 之 未 孩 儽 儽 兮 若 無 所 歸 眾 人 皆 有 餘 __ 我 獨 若 遺 我 愚 人 之 心 也 哉 (•) 沌 沌 兮 俗 人 昭 昭 我 獨 (若) 昏 (•) 俗 人 察 察 我 獨 悶 悶 (•) 澹 兮 其 若 海 (漂) 兮 若 無 [所]止 眾 人 皆 有 以 __ 我 獨 頑 似 鄙 我 獨 異 於 人 而 貴 食 母 Renounce learning and be without worry. “Yes” together with “yeah” – What is their mutual distance or nearness? Beautiful together with ugliness – What is their mutual distance or similarity? That which people fear, they are not able to not fear. How ridiculous! They are not yet centered! Everyone is very festive, As if enjoying the Tai Lao sacrifice, As if climbing terraces in the spring. I alone am unmoved! – Like one who has not yet given any sign, Like a newborn infant who does not yet act like a baby. Very tired and worn out!, as if without a place to return to. Everyone all has more than they need; I alone seem to have lost everything.