The thunder rolls all under the sky, and to (every)thing there is given (its nature), free from all insincerity. The ancient kings, in accordance with this, (made their regulations) in complete accordance with the seasons, thereby nourishing all things.
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无妄之往,得志也。
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When ’he who is free from insincerity makes any movement,’ he will get what he desires.
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不耕獲,未富也。
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’He reaps without having ploughed:’ - (the thought of) riches to be got had not risen (in his mind).
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行人得牛,邑人災也。
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’The passer-by gets the ox:’ - this proves a calamity to the people of the neighbourhood.
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可貞无咎,固有之也。
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’If he can remain firm and correct there will be no error:’ - he firmly holds fast (his correctness).
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无妄之藥,不可試也。
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’Medicine in the case of one who is free from insincerity!’ - it should not be tried (at all).
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无妄之行,窮之災也。
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’The action (in this case) of one who is free from insincerity’ will occasion the calamity arising from action (when the time for it is) exhausted.