Chapter 62 Dyer
The Dao is the treasure house.
The true nature.
The secret source of everything.
It is the treasure of the good man and the refuge of the bad.
If a person seems wicked do not cast him away.
Awaken him with your words.
Elevate him with your deeds.
Repay his injury with your kindness.
Do not cast him away.
Cast away his wickedness.
Thus when a new leader is chosen do not offer to help him with your wealth or your expertise.
Help him to meditate on the principle.
Offer instead to teach him about the Dao.
Why did the ancients make so much of the principle?
Is it not because it is the source of all good and the remedy for all evil?
It is the most noble thing in the world.
Chapter 62 Henricks
1. The Way is that toward which all things flow.
2. It is the treasure of the good man,
3. And that which protects the bad.
4. Beautiful words can be bought and sold;
5. Honored deeds can be presented to others as gifts;
6. [Even with] things that people regard as no good—will they be rejected?
7. Therefore, when the So of Heaven is being enthroned or the Three Ministers installed,
8. Though you might salture them which disks of jade preceded by teams of four horses,
9. That's not so good as sitting still and offering this.
10. The reason why the ancients valued this—what was it?
11. Did they not say, "Those who seek, with this will attain, and those who commit offenses, with this will escape"?!
12. Therefore, it's the most valued thing in the world.
Chapter 62 Lau
The way is the refuge for the myriad creatures.
It is that by which the good man protects,
And that by which the bad is protected.
Beautiful words when offered will win high rank in return;
Beautiful deeds can raise a man above others.
Even if a man is not good, why should he be abandoned?
Hence when the emperor is set up and the three ducal ministers are appointed, he who makes a present of the way without stirring from his seat is preferable to one who offers presents of jade disks followed by a team of four horses.
Why was this way valued of old?
Was it not said that by means of it one got what one wanted and escaped the consequences when one transgressed?
Therefore it is valued by the empire.
Chapter 62 Wu
The Tao is the hidden Reservoir of all things.
A treasure to the honest, it is a safeguard to the erring.
A good word will find its own market.
A good deed may be used as a gift to another.
That a man is straying from the right path
Is no reason that he should be cast away.
Hence, at the Enthronement of an Emperor,
Or at the Installation of the Three Ministers,
Let others offer their discs of jade, following it up with teams of horses;
It is better for you to offer the Tao without moving your feet!
Why did the ancients prize the Tao?
Is it not because by virtue of it he who seeks finds,
And the guilty are forgiven?
That is why it is such a treasure to the world.