External Things (7)
外物(七)
1 Huizi told Chuang Tzu, “What you speak of all day is useless and impractical.”
惠子對莊子說：「你這個人一天到晚講的都是些不切實際的無用之言。」
惠子謂莊子曰：「子言無用。」
2 Chuang Tzu answered, “Right. Before we speak of something useful, we should understand something useless. You look, how broad is our land but what useful to you is a small plot. When you pass away, the plot is useless to you too.
莊子回答說：「沒錯，我們在講有用以前，就是要先瞭解那無用的妙處。你看，這個地球多麼開闊廣大，而對你有用的只不過是一小塊立錐之地而已。然而就是這麼一小塊地，當你仙逝，離開這個世界時，它對你也是完全無用的。」
莊子曰：「知無用而始可與言用矣。天地非不廣且大也，人之所用容足耳，然則廁足而墊之致黃泉，人尚有用乎？」
3 Stroking his chin, Huizi whispered, “Well, it is rational.”
惠子摸著下巴，細聲地說：「嗯！說的有理。」
惠子曰：「無用。」
4 Chuang Tzu concluded the discussion, he said, “In this world, there are something which seems useless to us in the surface; However, actually they are very useful and essential to us.”
莊子總結上論，他說：「這世上許多表面上看是無用之物，實際上，對我們而言，卻是不可或缺的必要之物，忽視不得。」
莊子曰：「然則無用之為用也亦明矣。」