𐕌 𐕌 𐕌 𐕌 𐕌 𐕌 𐕌

Wang Bi (226–249 CE)

James Legge (1891)

The skilful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps; the skilful speaker says nothing that can be found fault with or blamed; the skilful reckoner uses no tallies; the skilful closer needs no bolts or bars, while to open what he has shut will be impossible; the skilful binder uses no strings or knots, while to unloose what he has bound will be impossible.