老子说-中英文对照版

老子说　智者的低语 The Dao Speaks Whispers of Wisdom.....................................................................1 生命的大智慧 The Wisdom of Life...........................................................................3 老子其犹龙乎 Is Not Laozi Like the Dragon!..........................................................7 **部分 Part Ⅰ: 道（上篇） The Way..............................................................................................13 道可道，非常道 The Dao That Can’t Be Spoken.................................................14 有无相生 The Theory of Relativity..........................................................................18 无为 Favors...............................................................................................................20 道冲 The Dao Is Empty............................................................................................22 刍狗 Straw Dogs......................................................................................................23 天地 Our World Eternal...........................................................................................25 上善若水 Virtue Resembles Water..........................................................................26 持而盈之 The Overflowing Cup.............................................................................28 营魄抱一 Body and Soul.........................................................................................30 无 The Empty Cup....................................................................................................31 无欲 Boundless Desires............................................................................................33 宠辱 Honor’s Disgrace.............................................................................................35 守静 Maintaining Tranquillity................................................................................37 太上 The Invisible King............................................................................................39 仁义 Regression into Benevolence............................................................................41 绝学 Living With the Dao........................................................................................43 曲则全 Bend Don’t Break........................................................................................45 胜而不美 Victory Is Not Proud..............................................................................47 自知 Overcoming Yourself.......................................................................................49 执“大道” Holding on to the Dao..........................................................................51 以柔克刚 The Strength of Weakness.......................................................................52 第二部分 Part Ⅱ: 道 （下篇） The Way..............................................................................................53 玄牝 The Mysterious Female....................................................................................54 无物 The Dao is Indistinct............................................................................................55 古之得“道”者 Daoists of Old............................................................................57 绝圣弃智 The Artificial Role Model........................................................................60 道之为物 Reality of the Dao...................................................................................61 希言自然 The Wanton Ruler...................................................................................63 企者不立 The Exhibitionist.....................................................................................66 有物浑成 The Beginning.........................................................................................68 处重守静 The Serious Ruler....................................................................................70 善行无辙迹 Sagely Conservation...........................................................................72 为天下谿 Confluence of the World..........................................................................75 欲取天下 A Natural Government...........................................................................78 不矜不伐 War and Force.........................................................................................80 本诸自然 A Natural Balance...................................................................................82 大道氾兮 The Dao Nurtures...................................................................................84 道常无为 The Natural Ruler...................................................................................85 第三部分 Part Ⅲ: 德（上篇） The Virtue...........................................................................................86 上德无为 Superior Virtue Is Not Virtue................................................................87 有生于无 Getting Something From Nothing..........................................................89 道生万物 Universal Harmony................................................................................90 至柔 Soft Will Overcome..........................................................................................91 知足不辱 The Risk of Seeking Fame and Fortune...................................................92 欲得 There Is No Greater Crime...............................................................................93 不行而知 Don’t Go Out..........................................................................................95 无为 In Pursuit of Non-action.................................................................................96 圣人 The Ideal Leader...............................................................................................97 兕虎 A Tiger May Be Vicious..................................................................................98 玄同 One Who Speaks Does Not Know..................................................................101 无欲自朴 The More Laws There Are.....................................................................102 烹小鲜 Frying Fish................................................................................................104 乐推 Navigating the State......................................................................................105 不争 The Good General...........................................................................................106 知知 The Know-it-all..............................................................................................107 不争善胜 Contend By Not Contending................................................................108 草木 Tree vs. Grass.................................................................................................110 水石 Water vs. Rock...............................................................................................112 予而不取 It’s Better to Give Than to Receive.......................................................113 圣人不积 The More You Give, the More You Get....................................................114 第四部分 Part Ⅳ: 德 （下篇） The Virtue.........................................................................................116 得一者 Obtaining the One.....................................................................................117 士闻道 The Level Path...........................................................................................121 大成若缺 A Model for the World..........................................................................125 道生之，德畜之 Profound Virtue.......................................................................127 天下有始 The Doors of Perception........................................................................129 大道 The Great Path...............................................................................................131 善建者不拔 Cultivating Virtue............................................................................133 含德之厚 An Infant’s Virtue................................................................................135 奇正无端 There Is No Justice................................................................................138 俭啬 Frugality........................................................................................................140 大者宜为下 The Lowly Superpower.....................................................................142 道者万物之奥 Prizing the Dao............................................................................144 多易必多难 Easing Difficulties............................................................................146 慎终如始 Planning and Perseverance...................................................................148 以愚治国 Mysterious Virtue.................................................................................150 三宝 The Three Treasures.......................................................................................152 用兵 Warfare...........................................................................................................154 圣人怀玉 Heart of Jade..........................................................................................156 民不畏威 Tyranny.................................................................................................158 代大匠斲 Standing In for the Carpenter...............................................................160 民之饥 Starvation and Taxes.................................................................................162 天道犹张弓 The Drawn Bow................................................................................163 小国寡民 The Ideal Country.................................................................................165 第五部分 Part Ⅴ: 诸子谈黄老经 Ancient Thinkers Discuss the Dao...........................................168 道可道，非常道。 If the Dao can be explained, it is not the constant Dao.........169 名可名，非常名。 If a name can be named, it is not a constant name................171 太上，不知有之。 As for the greatest kind of ruler, you don’t even know he’s there.........................................................................172 人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然。 People follow the earth, the earth follows heaven, heaven follows the Dao, the Dao follows nature.....................173 上德不德，是以有德；下德不失德，是以无德。 People of superior virtue are not so intentionally and are therefore virtuous. People of inferior virtue are intentionally virtuous and are thus not virtuous..............................................174 祸莫大于不知足，咎莫大于欲得。 There is no greater disaster than discontentment. There is no greater crime than greed.......................................175 知者不言，言者不知。 One who knows does not speak, One who speaks does not know......................176 天下多忌讳，而民弥贫；朝多利器，国家滋昏；人多伎巧，奇物滋起。 The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more weapons there are, the more discordant it will be. The more cunning people are, the more wickedness there will be......................177 善为士者，不武；善战者，不怒；善胜敌者，不与。 A good general is not excessively violent, A good soldier is not easily angered, A good conqueror does not resort to confrontation. ..........................................178 附录·延伸阅读 APPENDIX Further reading ..................................................179