豆瓣 道德经 英文版.docx

1、豆瓣 道德经 英文版PART 1.Ch. 1. 1. The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring andunchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring andunchanging name.2. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven andearth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all thing

2、s.3. Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery wewould sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe isall that we shall see.4. Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as developmenttakes place, it receives the different names. Together we call them theMyst

3、ery. Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtleand wonderful.2. 1. All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doingthis they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of theskilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the want of s

4、kill is.2. So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (theidea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) theother; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other;that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of

5、the onewith the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmoniousthrough the relation of one with another; and that being before and behindgive the idea of one following another.3. Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, andconveys his instructions without the use of speec

6、h.4. All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to showitself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership; they gothrough their processes, and there is no expectation (of a reward for theresults). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as anachievement

7、).The work is done, but how no one can see; Tis this that makesthe power not cease to be.2THE TAO TEH KING, OR THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS3. 1. Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way tokeep the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles whichare difficult to

8、procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves;not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to keeptheir minds from disorder.2. Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties theirminds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bone

9、s.3. He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and withoutdesire, and where there are those who have knowledge, to keep them frompresuming to act (on it). When there is this abstinence from action, goodorder is universal.4. 1. The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in ouremploym

10、ent of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deepand unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things!2. We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications ofthings; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves intoagreement with the obscurit

11、y of others. How pure and still the Tao is, asif it would ever so continue!3. I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been beforeGod.5. 1. Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish tobe benevolent; they deal with all things as the dogs of grass are dealt with.The sage

12、s do not act from (any wish to be) benevolent; they deal with thepeople as the dogs of grass are dealt with.2. May not the space between heaven and earth be compared to abellows?Tis emptied, yet it loses not its power; Tis moved again, andsends forth air the more. Much speech to swift exhaustion lea

13、d we see;Your inner being guard, and keep it free.6. The valley spirit dies not, aye the same; The female mysterythus do we name. Its gate, from which at first they issued forth, Iscalled the root from which grew heaven and earth. Long and unbrokendoes its power remain, Used gently, and without the

14、touch of pain.7. 1. Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason3THE TAO TEH KING, OR THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICSwhy heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is becausethey do not live of, or for, themselves. This is how they are able tocontinue and endure.2. Th

15、erefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found inthe foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yetthat person is preserved. Is it not because he has no personal and privateends, that therefore such ends are realised?8. 1. The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellenceof water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, withoutstriving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike. Hence (itsway) is near to (that of) the Tao.2. The excellence of a resi