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04道德经英译本85种-第161部分

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  In this way the way is great
  Heaven is great; earth is great
  And sovereignty; too; is great
  Between the horizons are four (kinds of) greatness
  And sovereignty has its place as one among these
  Humanity takes the earth as law
  The earth takes heaven as law
  Heaven takes the way as law
  The way takes its own nature as law

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  The heavy serves as root to the light
  Stillness serves as master to haste
  And so it is that a noble one journeys all day
  Without leaving the heavy supply wagon;
  Although there are splendid vistas;
  Calmly staying above it all
  So how could the lord of a myriad chariots
  Also conduct a frivolous life under heaven?
  To be frivolous; would then be to lose the root
  To be hasty would then be to lose the mastery

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  The able wanderer leaves no trail (or) trace
  The able speaker is without fallacy (or) error
  The able reckoner does not use counting devices
  The best closure uses no barrier (or) bar
  And yet is not easily opened
  The best binding uses no cord (or) knot
  And yet is not easily loosened
  And so it is that wise ones
  Are ever so skilled at making the most of others
  That no person is forsaken
  Are ever so skilled at making the most of situations
  That no situation is wasted
  This may be called 損ractical wisdom?br》 And so the able one is the less than able one抯 teacher
  The less than able one is the able one抯 resource
  To not value one抯 teacher; to not care for one抯 resource;
  However 損rudent?is greatly deluded
  This may be called a 搕actical mystery?br》
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  Know the masculine
  (But) keep the feminine
  Serve as a stream to the world
  Serving as stream to the world
  Consistent character will not depart
  (But) return home again as the newborn child
  Know the bright
  (But) keep the dark
  Serve as a model to the world
  Serving as model to the world
  Consistent character will not falter
  (But) return home again as unlimited
  Know the honored
  (But) keep the humble
  Serve as a valley to the world
  Serving as valley to the world
  Consistent character will then be enough
  A return journey home to original nature
  Original nature; cut up; is then made into artifacts
  Wise ones; using such things;
  Are then made into senior officials
  And so the greatest governing does the least dividing

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  When taken by desire to take hold of nature
  and reconstruct things
  We notice that this (will) never reach closure
  The world is a spirit vessel
  Not suited to reconstruction at all
  Those who interfere spoil things
  Those who grab lose things
  And so the beings sometimes go ahead; sometimes follow
  Sometimes snort; sometimes puff
  Sometimes are fit; sometimes are feeble
  Sometimes hold up; sometimes break down
  This is why wise ones avoid the extremes
  Avoid the superfluous
  Avoid the extravagant

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  Those who use the way to help with human government
  Do not use arms (or) force on the world
  Such efforts tend to recoil
  (In) a place where an army has camped
  Thorns and brambles grow now
  A great army抯 aftermath is sure to bring bad harvests
  Those who are competent succeed and then stop
  Not daring (or) thinking to take by force
  Succeed but do not glorify
  Succeed but with no aggression
  Succeed but with no arrogance
  Succeed even not having gained the end
  Succeed but do not dominate
  A being grown mighty will then grow frail
  This may be called 搊ff the path?br》 Off the path is soon finished

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  Even the finest weapons are tools of ill omen
  Things somehow wrong to hold
  So those who have the way do not linger
  A noble one; when home; honors the left
  When working with weapons; honors the right
  Weapons are tools of ill omen
  They are not a noble one抯 tools
  Failing to gain satisfaction and still using them
  Calm indifference is best adopted
  Even in triumph there is no beauty
  And those who are attracted to this
  are in fact delighting in the slaughter of others
  Now those who delight in the slaughter of others
  Are then ill suited for use
  in achieving any goal in the world at all
  (In) auspicious affairs the left side is honored
  (In) adverse affairs the right side is honored
  An army抯 lieutenant commander stays to the left
  The army抯 commander in chief stays to the right
  A description of the funeral rites held at the end
  Where the slaughter of others amounts to a multitude
  Have compassion & lament & weep for them
  (When) the battle is won
  consider the funeral rites being held here

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  The way is continuous; without description
  The original nature may be ordinary
  But none in the world presumes to master it all
  If leaders & sovereigns were able to grasp this
  The myriad beings would then submit naturally
  (As) heaven and earth join together
  Thus to let fall the sweet dew
  Nobody has commanded this;
  yet the harmony is natural
  Begin with rules & definitions appear
  And still more definitions are already assumed
  Now; more than ever; prepare to learn restraint
  Learning restraint is apt to be useful in avoiding trouble
  Imagine the place of the path in nature
  To be like the streams and valleys
  reaching for rivers and ocean

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  To know others means intelligence
  To know oneself means clarity
  To overcome others is to have strength
  To overcome oneself is to be powerful
  To know satisfaction means wealth
  (To be) energetic in movement means to have purpose
  To not forget one抯 own place means enduring
  To die and yet not perish means longevity

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  How the great way (is a) flood!
  It is apt to go (both) left & right
  The myriad beings trust this for life;
  yet there are no explanations
  The work is completed; in spite of distinctions & claims
  The myriad beings are clothed & cared for
  yet there is no assumption of leadership
  Ever dispassionate; (it) invites a reputation for commonness
  (But) the myriad beings return here;
  and still there is no acting as master
  Inviting a reputation for greatness
  Because it never regards itself as great
  So it is able to establish its greatness

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  Grasp the big picture
  (All) under heaven make progress
  Make progress while doing no harm
  Security and peace abound
  (For) music along with fine food
  The passing stranger will linger
  (But) the way; as expressed in words
  How insipid! It has no flavor
  Look at it; there is nothing to satisfy the sight
  Listen for it; there is nothing to satisfy the hearing
  (But) use it; is not about to be used up

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  When desiring to contract a thing
  First be sure to expand it
  When desiring to weaken a thing
  First be sure to empower it
  When desiring to abolish a thing
  First be sure to promote it
  When desiring to despoil a thing
  First be sure to endow it
  This may be called 搒ubtle discernment?br》 The adaptable & gentle overcome the firm & strong
  Fish should not be removed from the depths
  The sharpest instruments of the state
  Should not be for showing to others

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  The way always takes no action
  Yet nothing remains undone
  If leaders & sovereigns were able to grasp this
  The myriad beings would evolve by themselves
  Evolve and then want to flourish
  We can then temper this
  with the original nature of namelessness
  (With) the original nature of namelessness
  Then these too would be without ambition
  Being free of ambition is the way to stillness
  Nature will then arrange itself

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  The highest virtue is not virtuous
  This is how to hold virtue
  The inferior virtue will not let go of virtue
  This is why virtue is lacking
  The highest virtue takes no action and has no motive to act
  The inferior virtue acts on things and then has motives to act
  The highest benevolence acts on things
  but has no motive for action
  The highest righteousness acts on things
  and also has motives for action
  The highest propriety acts on things
  and when nobody responds to it
  Then rolls up the sleeves and throws things
  And so; lose the way and then comes virtue
  Lose virtue and then comes benevolence
  Lose benevolence and then comes righteousness
  Lose righteousness and then comes propriety
  Now propriety is (but) the sham of loyalty & trust
  And the beginning of confusion
  Being ahead in knowledge (is but) the flower of the way
  And the beginning of delusion
  This is why those who are most mature
  Keep to the substance
  (And) do not dwell on the sham
  Keep to the fruitful
  (And) do not dwell on the flower
  And so dismiss That to choose This

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  These things; from the beginning; have grasped wholeness:
  Heaven attained the whole; becoming resolved
  Earth attained the whole; becoming steady
  Spirit attained the whole; becoming subtle
  The valley attained the whole; becoming replenished
  The myriad beings attained the whole; coming to life
  Leaders & sovereigns attained the whole
  as the way to attend to (all) under heaven
  These things found it
  Heaven; with no way to resolution;
  would threaten to split apart
  Earth; with no way to steadiness;
  would threaten to open up
  Spirit; with no way to subtlety
  would probably perish
  The valleys; with no way to replenishment;
  would likely dry up
  The myriad beings; with no way to life;
  would likely be extinguished
  Leaders and sovereigns;
  with no way to dignity & prominence
  would likely be toppled
  In this way dignity regards the common as root
  Prominence regards the humble as basis
  This is why leaders & sovereigns refer to themselves
  as orphaned & friendless
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