《道德经》第三十八章，老子说：上德不德，是以有德；下德不失德，是以无德。上德无为而无以为；下德无为而有以为。上仁为之而无以为；上义为之而有以为。上礼为之而莫之应，则攘臂而扔之。故失道而后德，失德而后仁，失仁而后义，失义而后礼。夫礼者，忠信之薄，而乱之首。前识者，道之华，而愚之始。是以大丈夫处其厚，不居其薄；处其实，不居其华。故去彼取此。
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曾仕强先生解读 Literally, people with high morality doesn’t bother with what morality is. That is to say, if you deliberately doing thing because you intent to show people that you are moral then the intent is wrong. He believes that practicing virtue is without intention. You practice in a way of nature. You don’t care whether there is virtue or not and pay attention to the process, not the result, because the results are variable. In short, it’s your consciences.
下德不失德，是以无德 if you just want to others to see that you have a moral character, such intent isn’t pure and because your intent is to show others you are virtuous.
南怀瑾先生解读 In ancient times, always paid attention to four words, that is, “yin merit and virtue”. Doing good deeds should be the “yin” side, not the “yang” side, good deeds are invisible; others do good deeds for others, others do not know. Help others, and those who are helped do not know. This is Yinde, which means “be virtuous but not acting with virtue”
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