【19】天之道，损有余而补不足。人之道则不然，损不足以奉有余。
——《道德经·第七十七章》

投票：外方评委 5人投票★，中方评委 3人投票●

1．While nature makes up for less with more，humans do the opposite．

（王成杰译）★★★★

2．The way of Heaven is based on the balance between everything，but the way of the human being is different，which makes the poor poorer and the rich richer．

（张晓阳译）★●●

3．The law of nature is to compensate the insufficient by reducing from the superabundant；but the law of human is different，which is often to contribute to the superabundant by grabbing from the insufficient．

（杨中仁译）★●●

4．Nature is governed by the principle of equality，while man，the principle of equity．

（吴春晓译）★●

5．The Way of Heaven reduces surpluses and replenishes scarcities；the Way of Human，on the contrary，reduces scarcities and replenishes surpluses．

（王绍昌译）★●

6．The law of nature is to make up for scarcity by reducing surplus，while the law of men is to boost surplus by reducing scarcity．

（马建军译）★●

7．In the natural world，surplus is taken to cover the shortages whereas in the human world，the rich always exploit the poor．

（冯雷译）●●

8．Nature always reduces the abundance to supplement the deficiencies．On the contrary，Society always impoverishes the poor to enrich the rich．

（王梅兰译）★

9．Heaven balances the surplus and the shortage，but human beings do not．

（杨秀波译）★

10．Nature robs the sufficient to help the deficient whereas man does the opposite．

（王昌玲译）★

11．There must be a balance between the shortage and the remaining．

（任诚刚译）★

12．The way of Heaven is to take the excessive to make up for the inadequate．The way of humanity is quite the opposite：the inadequate is still reduced to serve to the excessive．

（何冰译）★

13．The law of nature is to reduce the resources of redundant ones to supplement the insufficient ones while the law of the society is just the opposite．

（董秀静译）★

14．The Way of heaven is to diminish surplus and compensate for shortage；the Way of man is to impoverish the have-nots and enrich the haves．

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