Chapter 27 - Respect for the Seasoned Teachers

The seasoned traveller leaves no tracks,
The wordsmith conveys with no cracks,
That prodigal mathematician needs no tools,
That immovable door needs no lock,
But will never be open,
That unyielding link needs no knot,
But will never be broken.

So look for that practiced Daoist,
That seasoned humanitarian abandons none without pact,
That meticulous guardian keeps all and more in tact.
Its insight hidden in plain sight.

As those who have practised lesser,
Look to the seasoned teacher,
And the one who is the seasoned teacher,
Indeed more than happy to deliver.

To learn with no respect above,
To accept the deliverance without love,
It is confusion masked like understanding,
Unlocking this confusion is the key to the finding.

善行，无辙迹；善言，无瑕谪；善数，不用筹策；善闭，无关楗而不可开；善结，无绳约而不可解。是以圣人常善救人，故无弃人；常善救物，故无弃物。是谓袭明。故善人者，不善人之师；不善人者，善人之资。不贵其师，不爱其资，虽智大迷，是谓要妙。