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04道德经英译本85种-第371部分

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  Beware of those who promise a quick and easy way for much ease brings many difficulties
  Follow your path to the end
  Accept difficulty as an opportunity
  This is the sure way to end up with no difficulties at all

  64

  A still mind can easily hold the truth
  The difficulties yet to come can easily be avoided
  The feeble are easily broken
  The small are easily scattered
  Begin your task before it becomes a burden
  Put your things in order before they get out of hand
  Remember;
  A tree that fills a man抯 embrace grows from a single seedling
  A tower nine stories high starts with one brick
  A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
  Act and it抯 ruined
  Grab and it抯 gone
  People on the verge of success often lose patience and fail in their undertakings
  Be steady from the beginning to the end and you won抰 bring on failure
  The Sage desires that which has no desires and teaches that which cannot be taught
  He does not value the objects held by a few but only that which is held by everyone
  He guides men back to their own treasure and helps all things come to know the truth they have forgotten
  All this he does without a stir

  65

  The ancient ones were simple…hearted and blended with the common people
  They did not shine forth
  They did not rule with cleverness
  So the nation was blessed
  Now the rulers are filled with clever ideas and the lives of people are filled with hardship
  So the nation is cursed
  He who knows the play of Tao and Te knows the nature of the universe
  Tao brings forth Te from its own being
  Te expands in all directions filling every corner of the world becoming the splendour of all creation
  Yet at every moment Te seeks Tao
  This is the movement that guides the universe
  This is the impulse that leads all things back home

  66

  Why do the hundred rivers turn and rush toward the sea?
  Because it naturally stays below them
  He who wishes to rule over people must speak as if below them
  He who wishes to lead the people must walk as if behind them
  So the Sage rules over the people but he does not weigh them down
  He leads the people but he does not block their way
  The Sage stays low so the world never tires of exalting him
  He remains a servant so the world never tires of making him its king

  67

  All the world talks about my Tao with such familiarity ?br》 What folly!
  Tao is not something found at the marketplace or passe don from father to son
  It is not something to be gained by knowing or lost by forgetting
  If Tao were like this
  It would have been lost and forgotten long ago
  I have three treasures that I hold dear the first is love the second is moderation the third is humility
  With love one in fearless
  With moderation one in abundant
  With humility one can fill the highest position
  Now if one is fearless but has no love abundant but has no moderation rises up but has no humility
  Surely he is doomed
  Love vanquishes all attackers
  It is impregnable in defense
  When Heaven wants to protect someone does it send an army?
  No; it protects him with love

  68

  The best warrior leads without haste fights without anger overcomes without confrontation
  He puts himself below and brings out the highest in his men
  This is the virtue of not confronting of working with the abilities you have of complying with the laws of Heaven
  This is the ancient path that leads to perfection

  69

  The great warriors have a saying; 揑 dare not act as host but would rather be a guest I dare not advance an inch but would rather retreat a foot?br》 So advance but do not use your feet
  Seize but do not use your arms
  Cut but do not use your sword
  Fight but do not use your own power
  There is no greater misfortune than feeling 揑 have an enemy?br》 For when 揑?and 揺nemy?exist together there is no room left for my treasure
  Thus; when two opponents meet the one without an enemy will surely triumph

  70

  My teachings are very easy to understand and very easy to practice
  Yet so few in this world understand and so few are able to practice
  My words arise from that ancient source
  My actions are those of the universe itself
  If people do not know these how can they know me?
  Those who follow my ways are rare and so I treasure them
  Even if they wear the clothes of a beggar they carry a priceless gem within

  71

  Knowing what cannot be known ?what a lofty aim!
  Not knowing what needs to be known ?what a terrible result!
  Only when your sickness becomes sick will your sickness disappear
  The Sage抯 illness has become ill his renunciation has been renounced
  Now he is free
  And every place in the world is the perfect place to be

  72

  When the people do not fear worldly power a greater power will arrive
  Don抰 limit the view of yourself
  Don抰 despise the conditions of your birth
  Don抰 resist the natural course of your life
  In this way you will never weary of this world
  The Sage knows himself; but not as himself he loves himself; but not as himself he honours himself; but not as himself
  Thus; he discards the view of his own self and chooses the view of the universe

  73

  Bold action against others leads to death
  Bold action in harmony with Tao leads to life
  Good fortune; bad fortune
  One seems to bring benefit the other to cause harm
  But Heaven rejects them both
  Both; in the end; tether men to this world
  Who can know the reasons of Heaven?
  Who can know its endless ways?
  Not even the Sage has an answer to this one
  Heaven抯 way does not strive yet it always overcomes
  It does not speak; yet it responds
  It is not summoned; yet it appears
  It does not hurry; yet it completes everything on time
  The net of Heaven spans the universe yet not the slightest thing ever slips by

  74

  Kapitel nicht vorhanden / chapter not available

  75

  Why are the peole starving? ?br》 Because their grain is being eaten up by taxes
  That抯 why they抮e starving
  Why are the people rebellious? ?br》 Because those above them meddle intheir lives
  That抯 why they抮e rebellious
  Why do peole regard death so lightly? ?br》 Because they are so involved with their own living
  That抯 why they regard death so lightly
  In the end;
  The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go

  76

  When life begins we are tender and weal
  When life ends we are stiff and rigid
  All things; including the grass and trees; are soft and pliable in life dry and brittle in death
  So the soft and supple are the companions of life
  While the stiff and unyielding are the companions of death
  An army that cannot yield will be defeated
  A treee that cannot bend will crack in the wind
  Thus by Nature抯 own decree the hard and strong are defeated while the soft and gentle are triumphant

  77

  Heaven operates like the bending of a bow … the high it pulls down the low it brings up
  It takes from that which has too much
  And gives to that which has too little
  The way of man is otherwise … he takes from that which is depleted and gives to that which has too much
  Who can offer an abundance to the world? ?br》 One who has Tao
  Such a one can give like the heavens
  The Sage gives without relying on his own effort
  He completes without waiting for a reward
  He illumines wihtout stepping from the shadow

  78

  Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water
  Yet for attacking the hard and strong none can triumph so easily
  It is weak; yet none can equal it
  It is soft; yet none can damage it
  It is yielding; yet none can wear it away
  Everyone knows that the soft overcomes the hard and the yielding triumphs over the rigid
  Why then so little faith?
  Why can no one practice it?
  So the Sages say; fulfill even the lowest position love even the weakest creature
  Then you will be called 揕ord of every offering??King of all below Heaven?br》
  79

  After settling a great dispute some resentment is sure to remain
  Being content with what you have is always best in the end
  The Sage always assumes the debt as if holding the left side of a contract
  He gives and gives; and wants nothing in return
  One with true virtue always seeks a way to give
  One who lacks true virtue always seeks a way to get
  To the giver comes the fullness of life to the taker just an empty hand
  Though the Tao of Heaven has no favourites it always sides with the one who has a pure heart

  80

  Let every state be simple like a small village with few people
  There may be tools to speed things up ten or a hundred times yet no one will care to use them
  There may be boats and carriages yet they will remain without riders
  There may be armour and weaponry yet they will sit collecting dust
  The people must take death seriously and not waste their lives in distant lands
  Let them return to the knotting of cord
  Let them enjoy their food and care for their clothing
  Let them be content in their homes and joyful in the way they live
  Neigbouring villages are within sight of each other
  Roosters and dogs can be heard in the distance
  Should a man grow old and die without ever leaving his village let him feel as though there was nothing he missed

  81

  Words born of the mind are not true
  True words are not born of the mind
  Those who have virtue do not look for faults
  Those who look for faults have no virtue
  Those who come to know it do not rely on learning
  Those who rely on learning do not come to know it
  The Sage sees the world as an expansion of his own self
  So what need has he to accumulate things?
  By giving to others he gains more and more
  By serving others he receives everything
  Heaven gives and all things turn out f
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