20. Seek no perfection in personal achievement and do just to the point in human relationships.
事事留個有餘不盡的意思,便造物不能忌我,鬼神不能損我。若業必求滿、功必求盈者,不生內變,必召外憂。
【今文解譯】
凡事都留個餘地,造物主便無法忌恨我,鬼神便無法傷害我。如果事事都要求十全十美,功德圓滿,即使身邊的人不說什麼,外界也一定會有人議論紛紛。
【English Translation】
If we can leave adequate leeway in doing things, the Creator will not frown on us, nor will the ghosts and spirits be able to hurt us. If we insist on seeking perfection in handling affairs and completion in personal achievement, we will surely become an object of external wild comments even if there is no internal complaint.