道常无为而无不为。
1The Tao in its regular course does nothing (for the sake of doing it), and so there is nothing which it does not do.
侯王若能守之，万物将自化。
2If princes and kings were able to maintain it, all things would of themselves be transformed by them.
化而欲作，吾将镇之以无名之朴。
3If this transformation became to me an object of desire, I would express the desire by the nameless simplicity.
镇之以无名之朴，夫将不欲。
4Simplicity without a name Is free from all external aim.
不欲以静，天下将自正。
5With no desire, at rest and still, All things go right as of their will.