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Chapter 20
第二十章
When we renounce learning we have no troubles.
唯之与阿，
The (ready) 'yes,' and (flattering) 'yea;' Small is the difference they display.
相去几何？
But mark their issues, good and ill;
善之与恶，
What space the gulf between shall fill?
相去何若？
What all men fear is indeed to be feared;
人之所畏，不可不畏。
but how wide and without end is the range of questions (asking to be discussed)!
荒兮，其未央哉!
The multitude of men look satisfied and pleased; as if enjoying a full banquet, as if mounted on a tower in spring.
众人熙熙，如享太牢，如春登台。
I alone seem listless and still, my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence.
我独泊兮，其未兆，
I am like an infant which has not yet smiled.
如婴儿之未孩；
I look dejected and forlorn, as if I had no home to go to.
傫傫兮，若无所归！
The multitude of men all have enough and to spare.
众人皆有余，
I alone seem to have lost everything.
而我独若遗。
My mind is that of a stupid man; I am in a state of chaos.
我愚人之心也哉；沌沌兮！
Ordinary men look bright and intelligent, while I alone seem to be benighted.
俗人昭昭，我独昏昏；
They look full of discrimination, while I alone am dull and confused.
俗人察察，我独闷闷。
I seem to be carried about as on the sea, drifting as if I had nowhere to rest.
澹兮，其若海，飂兮，若无止。
All men have their spheres of action, while I alone seem dull and incapable, like a rude borderer.
众人皆有以，而我独顽似鄙。
(Thus) I alone am different from other men, but I value the nursing-mother (the Tao).
我独异于人，而贵食母。
