| 3 | 3 | ３．勿使所行之事公开亮底
出人意料的成功往往最能使人们心悦诚服。过分明显的事既无用也无趣。不急于表态可使人们揣测不已；如意你的地位重要到能够引起人们的期待心理，则此种情况更是如此。神秘就是靠其神秘性来赢得敬重的。即使你必须道出真相，也最好避免什么都和盘托出。不要让人人把你里里外外都一览无余。小心谨慎是靠小心缄默来维持的。你决心要做的事一旦披露，就很难获得尊重，反倒常常招致批评。如果事后它们结局不佳，则你就更易遭到双倍的不幸。如果你真想获得人们的敬仰和敬奉，就学学那行而不言的神灵吧。 | 3 Keep Matters for a Time in Suspense.
Admiration at their novelty heightens the value of your achievements. It is both useless and insipid to play with the cards on the table. If you do not declare yourself immediately, you arouse expectation, especially when the importance of your position makes you the object of general attention. Mix a little mystery with everything, and the very mystery arouses veneration. And when you explain, be not too explicit, just as you do not expose your inmost thoughts in ordinary intercourse. Cautious silence is the holy of holies of worldly wisdom. A resolution declared is never highly thought of; it only leaves room for criticism. And if it happens to fail, you are doubly unfortunate. Besides you imitate the Divine way when you cause men to wonder andwatch. |