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04道德经英译本85种-第618章

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  To do so would mean that you delight in the slaughter of men
  You would never be able to lead the land properly

  In happy events we honor the richness of the earth
  In sad ones we turn our eyes to heaven
  Since every soldier's mind; and every general's; is on the weather
  It is clearly an occasion of sadness
  Whenever multitudes are killed; the taoist grieves
  Victory or defeat; it's all a funeral to him

  32

  The tao is ever nameless
  Though it naturally seems small; no one would dare to try and captureit
  If the leaders of the world could be one with it
  All the creatures of the earth would bow down before them
  And manna would spring from heaven and earth equally for all
  Though no one insisted upon it

  Failing that; of course; things must be named and put in some kind oforder
  As soon as you start to establish order; however
  You must know when it's time to stop; so nothing can go wrong
  The great tao flows into the world
  As water flows into streams; then rivers; then oceans
  There comes a point when it's self…defeating to try and control it

  33

  Knowing others is knowledge; knowing yourself is wisdom
  Conquering others is strength; conquering yourself is power
  Wanting more is ambition; stopping at enough is wealth
  Having it all makes a full life; leaving and being honored; that ishaving lived

  34

  The tao floats and drifts whichever way it likes
  It does what it wants; without proclaiming itself
  All things depend on it; but it is not their master
  It has no desire; and thus is small
  Yet since all things depend on it; and it does not rule them
  It is magnificent

  So the taoist attempts great works with no thought of being great
  And thus accomplishes his ends

  35

  Rest in the tao and the whole world will come to you
  They will suffer no harm; but find safety and peace

  The curious will stop where they see music and games and food
  But will soon lose their taste for it and wander on
  The tao; though; has no flavor; no color; no sound
  It is easily missed; yet once found
  It is inexhaustible

  36

  What you want to shrink;?let expand
  What you want to weaken;?let grow strong
  What you want to avoid;?let approach
  What you want to own;?give away

  Honestly done; this is subtle and effective
  It is how the weak overcomes the strong; how the few lead the many
  In the end; a leader leads because people consent to it
  And force will never be as effective as engaging simple cooperation

  37

  The tao is ever nameless
  If leaders could be one with it
  The world would transform itself
  Wherever it is restless and troubled
  It could be soothed by simple anonymous actions
  Which; being anonymous;
  Would cause no disgrace; no insult; no worries
  And all of heaven and earth would find its own proper balance

  38

  True mastery always seems artless
  The more it must be proclaimed; the less masterful it is

  The virtuous act as the tao moves them; without forethought or reason
  The good have an end in mind; but act from the heart
  The righteous have an end and a means; and wave them like a flag
  And when the righteous lose their faith in humanity
  They roll up their sleeves and fight the good fight
  And the thread of the way becomes tangled beyond recognition

  Consider。。。

  At best; we are like infants;?we do nothing and everyone smiles
  Failing that; we try to sense what makes those around us happy
  When that fails; we turn to abstractions … rules of truth; of justice;of order
  But such abstractions are merely the flower of the way
  Beautiful and bitter; full of hope and anger and violence
  Rigid and fragile as crystal

  What can this bring to the world but disorder?
  Thoughtless ideology can only lead to cynical indifference
  Flowers bloom and fade and wither away; no matter what
  So the taoist lets them be; and reaches for the fruit instead

  39

  It is said that by attaining the one; long ago
  Heaven rose and opened above us
  As the earth took root and became solid
  Gods walked the land in their glory
  As the valleys poured forth all forms of life to honor them
  And so leaders; attaining the one; would make their people prosperousand orderly

  If; then; the way were ever truly lost
  Heaven would close and fall; and the earth crumble
  Gods would fade away and the valleys go barren
  And leaders would fall amidst chaos and despair

  What is noble must be rooted in the crude
  What is high must be settled on the low
  This is why leaders speak more often of the unfortunate than the fortunate
  They would ground themselves among the lowly to reach high
  Though they have cars; they would rather walk among the people
  Though they could shine like jewels; they would rather seem solid asold stone

  40

  The tao is always returning; always yielding
  The creatures of the world are born of those like them
  And give birth to those like them in turn
  But where does birth come from?

  It is tao

  41

  One man; hearing of the way; will strive to follow it
  Another will practice it sometimes; and not others
  A third will hear of it; and laugh at how useless it sounds
  And that's as it should be。

  The clearest path is often easily missed
  The easiest seems to go in the wrong direction
  The smoothest looks rutted and rough
  True strength is hidden; like seeds in a valley before the rains
  True white shows every blotch and blemish
  True virtue feels pathetic; thin; weak; insufficient

  Such is the way of words;?they always fail in their ideals
  Does an infinite square have corners or edges?
  Could a cup be molded to hold everything; including itself?
  Can a note sound that has all tones; and none?
  Would everything seen at once look like anything at all?

  The tao is eternal; too large and too small for names
  Only it can begin things and bring them to their ends

  42

  The tao gave birth to the universe
  The universe opened heaven and earth
  Heaven and earth added man to their number
  And man named the ten thousand things

  All living things wrap themselves in the female and wrap the male
  And by so cycling achieve harmony and life
  So all despise the same things; where the cycle fails
  Being orphaned; abandoned; or starving
  All leaders; then; claim as their sacred trust
  To defend those with no other options
  And so it goes … where there is great loss; there is great attention
  Where there are great gains; all is secrecy and shadowed warfare。

  Consider well; then; the following phrase:
  'Who uses force will be forced in turn'
  You have to start somewhere

  43

  What flows cannot be held back by even the hardest wall
  What has no form finds every crack and space; and fills it
  This is doing without doing; teaching without a text
  And the o
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