Chapter 22
第二十二章
The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new.
曲则全，枉则直；洼则盈，弊则新；
He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray.
少则得，多则惑，
Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world.
是以圣人抱一为天下式。

He is free from self-display, and therefore he shines; from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished;
不自见，故明；不自是，故彰；
from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged; from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority.
不自伐，故有功；不自矜，故长。
It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.
夫唯不争，故天下莫能与之争。
That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete' was not vainly spoken: all real completion is comprehended under it.
古之所谓“曲则全”者，岂虚言哉？诚全而归之。