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 Tao). 世人都精明机巧,而我却无所识别的样子。一边静的像海似的,另一面却像不止的飙风。别人都好像很有作为,唯我不求上进。我同世人不同,追求道的生活。
Tao or Dao (/taʊ/, /daʊ/; Chinese:道; pinyin:Dào) is a Chinese complex word which cannot specifically be fully explained except it signifies 'way', 'path', 'route', or sometimes known as a 'principle' laid down by Heaven to assist mankind back onto the righteous path. Within the context of traditional Chinese philosophy and religion, The Tao is the intuitive knowing of "life" that of which cannot be grasped full-heartedly as just a concept but known nonetheless through actual living experience of one's everyday being.