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04道德经英译本85种-第11部分

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  I cannot describe it; but I just call it Tao
  If I have to interpret it ; I would name it 揟he Universe?br》 With that Universe I mean that which extends itself everywhere
  The infinitely extending and returning
  Therefore the creative is great and the creation great and so is a wise man
  So there is a trinity of greatnesses and one of them is the true human being
  A true human being follows his nature; nature and all its eternally unchanging laws
  The laws of nature are the eternal order of the Universe
  The order of the Universe is well…founded by the Unnameable

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  Heavy is the source of that which is light
  The unmoved mover is the origin of all movement
  Therefore a true human being can be in motion all day
  Not because it is him moving himself
  But because he just floats on life
  Like a spectator he enjoys the wonderful and sparkling creation
  Why should he; as the centre of the world;
  Consider himself minor to that world?
  One who knows his grandeur; comes loose of the world
  One who wanders restlessly in that world; has lost oneself

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  A true traveller never takes a beaten road
  A true speaker has an answer to every question
  A true researcher has solved all problems
  A story that holds water needs no confirmation
  Nobody can refute a watertight story
  One who sees how perfectly everything is connected with everything
  Needs no theories or opinions; and no one can bring him to doubt
  That抯 why a true human being is a teacher of others
  And he loves his fellow men unconditionally
  Therefore he is shepherd of the whole creation
  And respects every thing that lives and grows
  People call this: 揟he light that has become human?br》 Therefore a true human being is a mirror for the untrue
  And it抯 his task to point out their imperfections
  One who is scared to take a look at oneself and does not love oneself
  Might know a lot of things; but he is blind
  It seems odd; but it抯 true

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  One who knows his strength and yet stays mild; is the least
  Whoever is the least; is balanced like the open…minded child he once was
  One who has fathomed the lie is an example for the world
  One who became human again is an example for the world
  One knowing oneself; is a knowing among the ignorant
  One who has returned to his original purity; realizes his grandeur
  One who has abandoned his origin; becomes civilized
  To the wise man they act like actors

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  One who thinks he is capable of improving Creation; will not succeed
  Creation is perfect and cannot be corrected
  One who intervenes in nature; will only destroy nature
  One who tries to control nature; will lose to nature
  Because everything is what it is and everything happens as it happens
  At times it is warm and then it is cold
  At times there are storms and then it抯 calm
  There is growth and then there is lying down
  A wise man lets himself flow along with the streams of life

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  One who advocates a righteous world; uses no violence
  Because One who uses violence; provokes violence
  And where discord rules there is chaos
  And after times of conflict lean years will follow
  The righteous one does what he can and forces nothing
  Is not proud about what he achieves
  Does not brag about what he achieves
  Does not boast about what he achieves
  He only does what he does because that抯 all he can do
  And he never uses power or violence
  Civilizations which have reached their peaks
  Usher in their decay
  Civilizations are unnatural
  And what抯 unnatural; will perish

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  How ingenious weaponry may seem to be; though it will always be disastrous rubbish
  Everybody hates it
  A righteous man saves himself from it
  While a true man will not soil his hands with it
  A fighter grabs for it
  Weapons are not good for meek people
  They bring nothing but trouble
  One who is wise will never ever use a weapon
  Because peace and quietness are more precious to him
  He doesn抰 enjoy victory
  Because one who enjoys victory
  Enjoys his fellow men getting killed
  And one who enjoys their fellow men getting killed
  Will never find peace in oneself
  Prosperity is considered as a personal merit
  Misfortune on the other hand is considered as an ironic freak
  Victory is the merit of men
  And defeat the blame of the commander
  But victory and defeat only brings losers

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  The Unspeakable is eternal and is not to be spoken of in words
  Just like a rough piece of wood; it抯 not useful to anyone
  If leaders were an example of true living
  Everyone would join his true nature at the same time
  The heavens would dew and the clouds rain justice
  And without human intervening
  That altogether would benefit every single thing that lives beneath the firmament
  But when discord is born
  Everything must have a name
  Keep in mind that when everything has a name;
  You抣l have to stop all that
  Because one who stops will bounce off danger
  Compared to the twisted tributaries of mistake
  The straight and simple road is like a powerful stream

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  One who sees trough the other is clever
  One knowing oneself is wise
  One who conquers the other is powerful
  One conquering oneself is inviolable
  One who is satisfied is rich
  One that wants a lot is busy all the time
  One who stays oneself; is a four…square fellow 

  One who dies before dying; lives in the present forever

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  That which makes everything exist; is present everywhere
  It spreads itself throughout the entire Creation
  Everything owes its existence to It; everything to its own nature
  It gives everything for nothing
  It cherishes and guards everything and everyone; but expects nothing in return
  Because It does not wish for anything; It seems to be important
  It makes everything appear and disappear again
  But Itself is eternal
  Therefore the one who is wise is modest
  And because he is modest;
  His actions are grand

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  For one who beholds the perfect arrangement of things
  Everything falls in its rightful place
  Nothing can harm him; and rest and peace will fall to him
  Along the way there are travellers who yield music and feasts
  Because the road to self…knowledge is acrid and unpleasant
  Not pleasant to face
  Painful to hear
  But giving an inexhaustible strength

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  Only what抯 stretched out can be pulled together
  Only what抯 fortified can be weakened
  Only what抯 increased can be decreased
  Only one who has; can lose
  That must be clear
  Soft overcomes hard
  Weak overcomes strong
  Fishes belong in water
  Weapons have to be destroyed

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  The Eternal Creating does nothing
  And yet it does everything
  If leaders would give in to it
  The aspect of the world would change of itself
  But since people have so much to wish for
  Only I can be an example
  The example of true simplicity
  And when the people decide to follow me
  The whole world will be in peace

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  True virtues are not from this world;
  Therefore they are true virtues
  The so…called 搗irtues?in this world
  Serve only self…interest
  Therefore those are not true virtues
  One who only serves the general interest; is truthfully adequate
  One who is called charitable in this world;
  Expects thankfulness in return
  One who is called honest in this world;
  Has a hidden agenda
  Those who have been adapted to this world
  Demand that others do the same
  And if not they threaten you and get angry
  Therefore; when people stray from the straight and simple road
  Then they start to act virtuously; but they are not virtuous
  They pretend to be honest; but they are not fair
  They act decently; but they are not decent
  Civilization is just a thin crust across unfaithfulness and dishonesty
  It is also the source of disorder and chaos
  A wise man never hides behind a mask
  He trusts what抯 inside of him; not in appearances
  Therefore he rejects appearance and embraces the essence

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  About the men of old that had reached perfection
  We know that they felt one with the whole creation
  That they saw the earth not as chaos but as a unity
  That they felt like gods and spiritual beings
  That emptiness was no longer empty; but filled
  And they saw that the whole creation was inspired
  Thanks to their wholeness the world returned to its original order
  For one who doesn抰 see clearly; the creation is splintered
  For one who places oneself outside nature; the earth is chaos
  One who doesn抰 experience oneself as divine anymore; feels powerless
  One who does not experience one's perfection anymore; feels empty
  People who deny their true nature; go to rack and ruin
  Therefore they say:
  Humility is the source of truthfulness
  Smallness the source of grandeur
  One who feels elevated over ones fellow men
  Isn抰 right; is unworthy and small
  After all; they climbed up high over other people抯 backs
  Therefore their richness is poverty
  And their gold just tinsel

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  One who deviates from the right and simple road
  Will be pulled towards it again
  This occurs with a mild touch
  The whole creation comes into existence
  The existing out of the unnameable unexisting

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  When the most sincere hear about the road to self…knowledge;
  They will devote themselves to bringing it into practice
  When the fairly sincere hear about the road to self…knowledge
  They will only get out of it what suits their purposes
  When the hardened hear about the road to self…knowledge
  They will roar with laughter
  If they didn抰 roar; it would not be true
  Therefore there are some aphorisms to it:
  The road to light appears to be dark
  Going forward sometime
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