第六十三章  成与细致

为无为，事无事，味无味。大小多少，报怨以德。图难于其易，为大于其细。天下难事，必作于易；天下大事，必作于细。是以圣人终不为大，故能成其大。 夫轻诺必寡信，多易必多难。是以圣人犹难之，故终无难矣。

Succeedingin the Careful and the Small

Actwithout human greediness,

workwithout expectation,

enjoyingthe ordinary life.

Mininizingthe conflict and simplifying the complex,

Repayill-will with kindness.

Confrontthe difficult when it is easy,  Deal with the big while it is still small. Thedifficult (problems) of the world Must be dealt with while they are yet easy;The great (problems) of the world Must be dealt with while they are yet small.

EnlightenedIndividuals never reaches for the great,

and inthat way the great is achieved.

He who promises lightly must be lacking in faith. He who thinkseverything easy will end by finding everything difficult.

Thus the wise always confront difficulties and therefore have nodifficulty in the end.

ThereforeEnlightened Individuals view all as difficult,

finally they have nodifficulty.

 [译文]

遵道而行，不滋事生乱，享受淡泊平凡。化小恩怨，化繁为简，以德报怨。解决难题要从容易处入手，实现宏伟的目标要从具体的小事做起。策划一件难事，要从容易的地方开始；完成一件大事，要从细小的地方做起。因此真正悟道的人把握道德本原，避开世俗的大而惑，最终却能成就博大无边。轻易许诺，必然寡信于人，把事情看得很容易的人，必然遭遇很多磨难。

因此，圣人认真对待每一件事情，不敢疏忽自大，这样就没有克服不了的难题。