71 知不知 上

老子道德經第七十一章

知不知　上
不知知　病
夫唯病病　是以不病
聖人不病　以其病病　是以不病

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SEVENTY-ONE (Feng)

Knowing ignorance is strength.
Ignoring knowledge is sickness.

If one is sick of sickness, then one is not sick.
The sage is not sick because he is sick of sickness.
Therefore he is not sick.

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71

He who knows he does not know everything is wise.
He who does not know what he knows is in trouble.
Since I want to be wise, I try to avoid trouble,
i.e. I know what I know and what I don't know.

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71. (st)

If you know
what you don't know,
you're doing great.
If you don't know
what you don't know,
you're sick.

The only way
to get rid of that sickness
is to be sick of it.

The Masters aren't sick,
because they got sick of being sick.