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1、Daode jing 道德經 （ 英文版 ）作者： Charles MullerDaode jingTran slated by Charles Muller, To y o Gakue n Uni versityUpdated: July 14, 2004Table of Contents1. The Way that can be followed is not the eternal Way2. All in the world recognize the beautiful as beautiful3. If you do not adulate the worthy.4. The W

2、ay is so vast.5. Heaven and Earth are not humane.6. The valley spirit never dies.7. Heaven and Earth last forever.8. The highest goodness is like water.9. To hold until full is not as good as stopping.10. Pacifying the agitated material soul.11. Thirty spokes join together in the hub.12. The five co

3、lors blind our eyes.13. Accept humiliation as a surprise.14. Look for it, it cannot be seen.15. The ancient masters of the Way.16. Effect emptiness to the extreme.17. From great antiquity forth they have known and possessed it.18. When the great Way perishes.19. Get rid of holiness .20. Get rid of l

4、earning .21. The form of great virtue.22. The imperfect is completed.23. To speak little is natural.24. Standing on tiptoe, you are unsteady.25. There is something that is perfect in its disorder.26. Heaviness is the root of lightness.27. A good traveler leaves no tracks.28. Know the Masculine, clea

5、ve to the Feminine.29. If you want to grab the world and run it.30. If you used the Way as a principle for ruling.31. Sharp weapons are inauspicious instruments.32. The Way is always nameless.33. If you understand others you are smart.34. The Way is like a great flooding river.35. Holding to the Gre

6、at Form.36. That which will be shrunk.37. The Way is always not-doing .True virtue is not virtuous.138. These in the past have attained wholeness.39. Return is the motion of the Way.40. When superior students hear of the Way.41. The Way produces one, one produces two.42. The softest thing in the wor

7、ld.43. Which is dearer, fame or your life?44. Great perfection seems flawed.45. When the Way prevails in the land.46. Without going out the door, knowing everything.47. In studying, each day something is gained.48. The sage has no fixed mind.49. Coming into life and entering death.50. Way gives birt

8、h to it.51. All things have a beginning, which we can regard as their Mother.52. If I had just a little bit of wisdom.53. The well-established cannot be uprooted.54. One who remains rich in virtuous power.55. One who knows does not speak.56. Use fairness in governing the state.57. When the governmen

9、t is laid back.58. In governing the country and serving Heaven.59. Ruling a large country is like cooking a small fish.60. The great state should be like a river basin.61. The Way is hidden deeply in all things.62. Do without doing .63. That which is at rest is easy to grasp.64. The ancients who wer

10、e skillful at the Way.65. The reason the river and sea can be regarded as.66. The reason everybody calls my Way great.67. The best warrior is never aggressive.68. Strategists have a saying.69. My words are easy to understand.70. There is nothing better than to know that you dont know.71. When the pe

11、ople do not fear your might.72. If you are courageous in daring you will die.73. If the people dont fear death.74. The reason people starve.75. When people are born they are gentle and soft.76. The Way of Heaven.77. Nothing in the world is softer than water.78. After calming great anger.79. Let ther

12、e be a small country with few people.80. True words are not fancy.Initial Translation Completed 7/12/91When citing please use the URL: http:/www.hm.tyg.jp/acmuller/contao/daodejing.html1. The Way that can be followed is not the eternal WayChinese Source Text 道可道、非常道。名可名、非常名無名天地之始有名萬物之母。故常無欲以觀其妙、常有欲以

13、觀 其徴。此兩者同出而異名。同謂之玄。玄之又玄、衆妙之門。The Way that can be followed is not the eternal Way.The name that can be named is not the eternal name.The nameless is the origin of heaven and earthWhile naming is the origin of the myriad things.Therefore, always desireless, you see the mysteryEver desiring, you see th

14、e manifestations.These two are the sameWhen they appear they are named differently.This sameness is the mystery,Mystery within mystery;The door to all marvels.2. All in the world recognize the beautiful as beautifulChinese Source Text 天下皆知美之爲美。斯惡已。皆知善之爲善。斯不善已。故有無相生、難易相成、長短相較、高 下相傾、音聲相和、前後相隨。是以聖人處無爲之

15、事、行不言之教。萬物作焉而不辭、生而不有、爲 而不侍、功成而弗居。夫唯弗居、是以不去。All in the world recognize the beautiful as beautiful.Herein lies ugliness.All recognize the good as good.Herein lies evil.ThereforeBeing and non-being produce each other.Difficulty and ease bring about each other.Long and short delimit each other.High and

16、low rest on each other.Sound and voice harmonize each other.Front and back follow each other.Therefore the sage abides in the condition of wu-wei (unattached action).And carries out the wordless teaching.Here, the myriad things are made, yet not separated.Therefore the sage produces without possessi

17、ng,Acts without expectationsAnd accomplishes without abiding in her accomplishments.It is precisely because she does not abide in themThat they never leave her.3. If you do not adulate the worthy.If you do not adulate the worthy, you will make others non-contentious. If you do not value rare treasur

18、es, you will stop others from stealing.If people do not see desirables, they will not be agitated.Therefore, when the sage governs,He clears peoples minds,Fills their bellies,Weakens their ambition andStrengthens their bones.If the people are kept without cleverness and desireIt will make the intell

19、ectuals not dare to meddle.Acting without contrivance, there is no lack of manageability.4. The Way is so vast.The Way is so vast that when you use it, something is always left. How deep it is!It seems to be the ancestor of the myriad things.It blunts sharpnessUntangles knotsSoftens the glare Unifie

20、s with the mundane.It is so full!It seems to have remainder.It is the child of I-dont-know-who.And prior to the primeval Lord-on-high.5. Heaven and Earth are not humane. Heaven and Earth are not humane, And regard the people as straw dogs. The sage is not humane, And regards all things as straw dogs

21、.The space between Heaven and Earth is just like a bellows: Empty it, it is not exhausted.Squeeze it and more comes out.Investigating it with a lot of talk Is not like holding to the center.6. The valley spirit never dies. The valley spirit never dies. It is called the mysterious female.The opening

22、of the mysterious female Is called the root of Heaven and Earth. Continuous, seeming to remain.Use it without exertion.7. Heaven and Earth last forever.Heaven and Earth last forever.The reason that Heaven and Earth are able to last forever Is because they do not give birth to themselves. Therefore,

23、they are always alive.Hence, the sage puts herself last and is first.She is outside herself and therefore her self lasts.Is it not through her selflessness That she is able to perfect herself?8. The highest goodness is like water.The highest goodness is like water.Water easily benefits all things wi

24、thout struggle. Yet it abides in places that men hate.Therefore it is like the Way.For dwelling, the Earth is good.For the mind, depth is good.The goodness of giving is in the timing.The goodness of speech is in honesty.In government, self-mastery is good.In handling affairs, ability is good.If you

25、do not wrangle, you will not be blamed.9. To hold until full is not as good as stopping. To hold until full is not as good as stopping. An oversharpened sword cannot last long.A room filled with gold and jewels cannot be protected. Boasting of wealth and virtue brings your demise. After finishing th

26、e work, withdraw.This is the Way of Heaven.10. Pacifying the agitated material soul.Pacifying the agitated material soul and holding to oneness: Are you able to avoid separation?Focusing your energy on the release of tension:Can you be like an infant?In purifying your insight:Can you un-obstruct it?

27、Loving the people and ruling the state:Can you avoid over-manipulation?In opening and closing the gate of Heaven: Can you be the female?In illuminating the whole universe:Can you be free of rationality?Give birth to it and nourish it.Produce it but dont possess it.Act without expectation.Excel, but

28、dont take charge.This is called Mysterious Virtue.11. Thirty spokes join together in the hub. Thirty spokes join together in the hub.It is because of what is not there that the cart is useful. Clay is formed into a vessel.It is because of its emptiness that the vessel is useful. Cut doors and window

29、s to make a room.It is because of its emptiness that the room is useful. Therefore, what is present is used for profit.But it is in absence that there is usefulness.12. The five colors blind our eyes.The five colors blind our eyes.The five tones deafen our ears.The five flavors confuse our taste.Rac

30、ing and hunting madden our minds.Possessing rare treasures brings about harmful behavior. Therefore the sage regards his center, and not his eyes.He lets go of that and chooses this.13. Accept humiliation as a surprise. Accept humiliation as a surprise. Value great misfortune as your own self.What d

31、o I mean by Accept humiliation as a surprise When you are humbleAttainment is a surprise And so is loss.Thats why I say, Accept humiliation as a surprise.What do I mean by Value great misfortune as your own selfIf I have no self, how could I experience misfortune?Therefore, if you dedicate your life

32、 for the benefit of the world, You can rely on the world.If you love dedicating yourself in this way,You can be entrusted with the world.14. Look for it, it cannot be seen. Look for it, it cannot be seen.It is called the distant.Listen for it, it cannot be heard.It is called the rare. Reach for it,

33、it cannot be gotten.It is called the subtle.These three ultimately cannot be fathomed.Therefore they join to become one.Its top is not bright;Its bottom is not dark;Existing continuously, it cannot be named and it returns to no-thingness.Thus, it is called the formless form,The image of no-thing.Thi

34、s is called the most obscure.Go to meet it, you cannot see its face.Follow it, you cannot see its back.By holding to the ancient WayYou can manage present existenceAnd know the primordial beginning.This is called the very beginning thread of the Way.15. The ancient masters of the Way.The ancient mas

35、ters of the WayHad subtle marvelous mystic penetrationA depth that cannot be known.It is exactly because that they are unknowableThat we are forced to pay attention to their appearance. Hesitant, like one crossing an ice-covered river. Ready, like one afraid of his neighbors on all sides. Dignified,

36、 like a guest.Loose, like ice about to melt.Straightforward, like an uncarved block of wood. Open, like a valley.Obscure, like muddy water.Who can be muddled, and use clarity to gradually become lucid? Who can be calm, and use constant application for eventual success?The one who holds to this path

37、does not crave fulfillment. Precisely because he does not crave fulfillment He can be shatteredAnd do without quick restitution.16. Effect emptiness to the extreme.Effect emptiness to the extreme.Keep stillness whole.Myriad things act in concert.I therefore watch their return.All things flourish and

38、 each returns to its root.Returning to the root is called quietude.Quietude is called returning to life.Return to life is called constant.Knowing this constant is called illumination.Acting arbitrarily without knowing the constant is harmful. Knowing the constant is receptivity, which is impartial.I

39、mpartiality is kingship.Kingship is Heaven.Heaven is the Waythe Way is eternal.Though you lose the body, you do not die.17. From great antiquity forth they have known and possessed it. From great antiquity forth they have known and possessed it. Those of the next level loved and praised it.The next

40、were in awe of it.And the next despised it.If you lack sincerity no one will believe you.How careful she is with her precious words!When her work is complete and her job is finished,Everybody says: We did it!18. When the great Way perishes.When the great Way perishesThere is humaneness and rightness

41、.When intelligence is manifestThere is great deception.When the six relationships are not in harmonyThere is filial piety and compassion.When the country is in chaosLoyal ministers appear.19. Get rid of holiness .Get rid of holiness and abandon wisdom and the people will benefit a hundredfold.Get ri

42、d of humaneness and abandon rightness and the people will return to filial piety and compassion.Get rid of cleverness and abandon profit, and thieves and gangsters will not exist.Since the above three are merely words, they are not sufficient.Therefore there must be something to include them all.See

43、 the origin and keep the non-differentiated state.Lessen selfishness and decrease desire.20. Get rid of learning .Get rid of learning and there will be no anxiety.How much difference is there between yes and no ?How far removed from each other are good and evil ?Yet what the people are in awe of can

44、not be disregarded.I am scattered, never having been in a comfortable center.All the people enjoy themselves, as if they are at the festival of the great sacrifice, Or climbing the Spring Platform.I alone remain, not yet having shown myself.Like an infant who has not yet laughed.Weary, like one desp

45、airing of no home to return to.All the people enjoy extraWhile I have left everything behind.I am ignorant of the minds of others.So dull!While average people are clear and bright, I alone am obscure.Average people know everything.To me alone all seems covered.So flat!Like the ocean.Blowing around!I

46、t seems there is no place to rest. Everybody has a goal in mind.I alone am as ignorant as a bumpkin.I alone differ from people.I enjoy being nourished by the mother.21. The form of great virtue.The form of great virtue is something that only the Way can follow.The Way as a thing is only vague and ob

47、scure.How obscure! How vague! In it there is form.How vague! How obscure! In it are things.How deep! How dark! In it there is an essence.The essence is so real therein is belief.From the present to antiquity, its name has never left it, so we can examine all origins. How do I know the form of all or

48、igins?By this.22. The imperfect is completed. The imperfect is completed. The crooked is straightened. The empty is filled. The old is renewed. With few there is attainment. With much there is confusion. Therefore the sage grasps the one and becomes the model for all.She does not show herself, and t

49、herefore is apparent.She does not affirm herself, and therefore is acknowledged.She does not boast and therefore has merit.She does not strive and is therefore successful.It is exactly because she does not contend, that nobody can contend with her.How could the ancient saying, The imperfect is compl

50、eted be regarded as empty talk?Believe in the complete and return to it.23. To speak little is natural. To speak little is natural.Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning Nor does a downpour last a whole day.Who does these things? Heaven and Earth.If even Heaven and Earth cannot force perfect

51、 continuity How can people expect to?Therefore there is such a thing as aligning ones actions with the Way. If you accord with the Way you become one with it.If you accord with virtue you become one with it.If you accord with loss you become one with it.The Way accepts this accordance gladly. Virtue

52、 accepts this accordance gladly. Loss also accepts accordance gladly.If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.24. Standing on tiptoe, you are unsteady. Standing on tiptoe, you are unsteady. Straddle-legged, you cannot go. If you show yourself, you will not be seen. If you affirm yourself,

53、 you will not shine. If you boast, you will have no merit. If you promote yourself, you will have no success.Those who abide in the Way call theseLeftover food and wasted action And all things dislike them.Therefore the person of the Way does not act like this.25. There is something that is perfect

54、in its disorder. There is something that is perfect in its disorder Which is born before Heaven and Earth.So silent and desolate! It establishes itself without renewal. Functions universally without lapse.We can regard it as the Mother of Everything.I dont know its name.Hence, when forced to name it

55、, I call it Way.When forced to categorize it, I call it great.Greatness entails transcendence. Transcendence entails going-far.Going-far entails return.Hence, the Way is great, Heaven is great, the Earth is great And the human is also great.Within our realm there are four greatnesses and the human b

56、eing is one of them.Human beings follow the Earth.Earth follows HeavenHeaven follows the WayThe Way follows the way things are.26. Heaviness is the root of lightness. Heaviness is the root of lightness. Composure is the ruler of instability. Therefore the sage travels all day Without putting down hi

57、s heavy load. Though there may be spectacles to see He easily passes them by.This being soHow could the ruler of a large stateBe so concerned with himself as to ignore the people?If you take them lightly you will lose your roots.If you are unstable, you will lose your rulership.27. A good traveler l

58、eaves no tracks.A good traveler leaves no tracks.Good speech lacks faultfinding.A good counter needs no calculator.A well-shut door will stay closed without a latch.Skillful fastening will stay tied without knots.It is in this manner that the sage is always skillful in elevating people. Therefore sh

59、e does not discard anybody.She is always skillful in helping thingsTherefore she does not discard anything.This is called the actualization of her luminosity.Hence, the good are the teachers of the not-so-good.And the not-so-good are the charges of the good.Not valuing your teacher or not loving you

60、r students:Even if you are smart, you are gravely in error.This is called Essential Subtlety.28. Know the Masculine, cleave to the Feminine. Know the Masculine, cleave to the Feminine Be the valley for everyone.Being the valley for everyoneYou are always in virtue without lapseAnd you return to infa

61、ncy.Know the White, cleave to the BlackBe a model for everyone.Being the model for everyoneYou are always in virtue and free from errorYou return to limitlessness.Know Glory but cleave to Humiliation Be the valley for everyone.When your constancy in virtue is completeYou return to the state of the u

62、ncarved block.The block is cut into implements.The sage uses them to fulfill roles.Therefore the great tailor does not cut.29. If you want to grab the world and run it. If you want to grab the world and run it I can see that you will not succeed.The world is a spiritual vessel, which cant be control

63、led.Manipulators mess things up.Grabbers lose it. Therefore:Sometimes you leadSometimes you followSometimes you are stifledSometimes you breathe easySometimes you are strongSometimes you are weakSometimes you destroyAnd sometimes you are destroyed.Hence, the sage shuns excessShuns grandiosityShuns arrogance.30. If yo