译文：善于用道治国之者，不会要人民以智取巧，而是要人民质朴敦厚。人民之所以难治，是因为智巧诡诈太多；所以，以智治国乃国之灾害，不以智治国才是国家的幸福。知道这两总治理国家的方法不同，而有所舍取就是一种法则，长久的记住这种法则并且应用这一法则，就可以称为玄妙无上的“德”，即为“玄德”。“玄德”，深远，与常理不同，然而依循它却可以达到大顺。

《道德经》（第六十五章）

古之善为道者，
非以明民，
将以愚之。
民之难治，
以其智多。
故以智治国，
国之贼；
不以智治国，
国之福。
知此两者亦稽式。
常知稽式，
是谓玄德。
玄德深矣，
远矣，
与物反矣，
然后乃至大顺。

Chapter 65
The ancients who practiced the Way did not enlighten the people with it;
They used it, rather, to stupefy them.
The people are hard to rule because they have too much knowledge.
Therefore,
Ruling a state through knowledge is to rob the state;
Ruling a state through ignorance brings integrity to the state.
One who is always mindful of these two types grasps a paradigm;
Mindfulness of this paradigm is called "mysterious integrity."
Deep and distant is this mysterious integrity!
It runs counter to things until it reaches the great confluence.