老子道德经(英译本)

老子道德经(英译本)
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Lao Tze The full text of TaoDeJing consisting of 81 Chapters can be browsed chapter-by-chapter from beginning to the end. To see a particular chapter, just click on the Chapter Number to go there directly. While positioned at any chapter, you may switch to the Chinese text of that chpater. And back.

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老子道德经(英译本)Lao Tze

Lao TzeThe full text of TaoDeJing consisting of 81 Chapters can be browsed chapter-by-chapter from beginning to the end.To see a particular chapter, just click on the Chapter Number to go there directly.While positioned at any chapter, you may swit... 在线阅读 >>

1. The Way

The Way that can be experienced is not true;The world that can be constructed is not true.The Way manifests all that happens and may happen;The world represents all that exists and may exist. To experience without intention is to sense the world;... 在线阅读 >>

2. Abstraction

When beauty is abstractedThen ugliness has been implied;When good is abstractedThen evil has been implied.So alive and dead are abstracted from nature,Difficult and easy abstracted from progress,Long and short abstracted from contrast,High ... 在线阅读 >>

3. Without Action

Not praising the worthy prevents contention,Not esteeming the valuable prevents theft,Not displaying the beautiful prevents desire. In this manner the sage governs people:Emptying their minds,Filling their bellies,Weakening their ambitions,An... 在线阅读 >>

4. Limitless

The Way is a limitless vessel;Used by the self, it is not filled by the world;It cannot be cut, knotted, dimmed or stilled;Its depths are hidden, ubiquitous and eternal;I don’t know where it comes from;It comes before nature.(dushuzhijia.com网... 在线阅读 >>

5. Nature

Nature is not kind;It treats all things impartially.The Sage is not kind,And treats all people impartially.Nature is like a bellows,Empty, yet never ceasing its supply.The more it moves, the more it yields;So the sage draws upon experience　... 在线阅读 >>

6. Experience

Experience is a riverbed,Its source hidden, forever flowing:Its entrance, the root of the world,The Way moves within it:Draw upon it; it will not run dry.(dushuzhijia.com网友整理分享) 在线阅读 >>

7. Complete

Nature is complete because it does not serve itself.The sage places himself after and finds himself before,Ignores his desire and finds himself content.He is complete because he does not serve himself.(dushuzhijia.com网友整理分享) 在线阅读 >>

8. Water

The best of man is like water,Which benefits all things, and does not contend with them,Which flows in places that others disdain,Where it is in harmony with the Way. So the sage:Lives within nature,Thinks within the deep,Gives within imparti... 在线阅读 >>

9. Retire

Fill a cup to its brim and it is easily spilled;Temper a sword to its hardest and it is easily broken;Amass the greatest treasure and it is easily stolen;Claim credit and honour and you easily fall;Retire once your purpose is achieved - this is n... 在线阅读 >>

10. Harmony

Embracing the Way, you become embraced;Breathing gently, you become newborn;Clearing your mind, you become clear;Nurturing your children, you become impartial;Opening your heart, you become accepted;Accepting the world, you embrace the Way.Be... 在线阅读 >>

11. Tools

Thirty spokes meet at a nave;Because of the hole we may use the wheel.Clay is moulded into a vessel;Because of the hollow we may use the cup.Walls are built around a hearth;Because of the doors we may use the house.Thus tools come from what e... 在线阅读 >>

12. Substance

Too much colour blinds the eye,Too much music deafens the ear,Too much taste dulls the palate,Too much play maddens the mind,Too much desire tears the heart.In this manner the sage cares for people:He provides for the belly, not for the sense... 在线阅读 >>

13. Self

Both praise and blame cause concern,For they bring people hope and fear.The object of hope and fear is the self -For, without self, to whom may fortune and disaster occur?Therefore,Who distinguishes himself from the world may be given the world... 在线阅读 >>

14. Mystery

Looked at but cannot be seen - it is beneath form;Listened to but cannot be heard - it is beneath sound;Held but cannot be touched - it is beneath feeling;These depthless things evade definition,And blend into a single mystery.In its rising the... 在线阅读 >>

15. Enlightenment

The enlightened possess understandingSo profound they can not be understood.Because they cannot be understoodI can only describe their appearance:Cautious as one crossing thin ice,Undecided as one surrounded by danger,Modest as one who is a g... 在线阅读 >>

16. Decay and Renewal

Empty the self completely;Embrace perfect peace.The world will rise and move;Watch it return to rest.All the flourishing thingsWill return to their source.This return is peaceful;It is the flow of nature,An eternal decay and renewal.Acc... 在线阅读 >>

17. Rulers

The best rulers are scarcely known by their subjects;The next best are loved and praised;The next are feared;The next despised:They have no faith in their people,And their people become unfaithful to them.When the best rulers achieve their pu... 在线阅读 >>

18. Hypocrisy

When the Way is forgottenDuty and justice appear;Then knowledge and wisdom are bornAlong with hypocrisy. When harmonious relationships dissolveThen respect and devotion arise;When a nation falls to chaosThen loyalty and patriotism are born.... 在线阅读 >>

19. Simplify

If we could abolish knowledge and wisdomThen people would profit a hundredfold;If we could abolish duty and justiceThen harmonious relationships would form;If we could abolish artifice and profitThen waste and theft would disappear.Yet such r... 在线阅读 >>

20. Wandering

What is the difference between assent and denial?What is the difference between beautiful and ugly?What is the difference between fearsome and afraid?The people are merry as if at a magnificent partyOr playing in the park at springtime,But I am... 在线阅读 >>

21. Accept

Harmony is only in following the Way.The Way is without form or quality,But expresses all forms and qualities;The Way is hidden and implicate,But expresses all of nature;The Way is unchanging,But expresses all motion.Beneath sensation and m... 在线阅读 >>

22. Home

Accept and you become whole,Bend and you straighten,Empty and you fill,Decay and you renew,Want and you acquire,Fulfill and you become confused.The sage accepts the worldAs the world accepts the Way;He does not display himself, so is clea... 在线阅读 >>

23. Words

Nature says only a few words:High wind does not last long,Nor does heavy rain.If nature’s words do not lastWhy should those of man?Who accepts harmony, becomes harmonious.Who accepts loss, becomes lost.For who accepts harmony, the Way harmo... 在线阅读 >>

24. Indulgence

Straighten yourself and you will not stand steady;Display yourself and you will not be clearly seen;Justify yourself and you will not be respected;Promote yourself and you will not be believed;Pride yourself and you will not endure.These behavi... 在线阅读 >>

25. Beneath Abstraction

There is a mystery,Beneath abstraction,Silent, depthless,Alone, unchanging,Ubiquitous and liquid,The mother of nature.It has no name, but I call it "the Way";It has no limit, but I call it "limitless".Being limitless, it flows away foreve... 在线阅读 >>

26. Calm

Gravity is the source of lightness,Calm, the master of haste.A lone traveller will journey all day, watching over his belongings;Yet once safe in his bed he will lose them in sleep.The captain of a great vessel will not act lightly or hastily.A... 在线阅读 >>

27. Perfection

The perfect traveller leaves no trail to be followed;The perfect speaker leaves no question to be answered;The perfect accountant leaves no working to be completed;The perfect container leaves no lock to be closed;The perfect knot leaves no end t... 在线阅读 >>

28. Becoming

Using the male, being female,Being the entrance of the world,You embrace harmonyAnd become as a newborn.Using strength, being weak,Being the root of the world,You complete harmonyAnd become as unshaped wood.Using the light, being dark,B... 在线阅读 >>

29. Ambition

Those who wish to change the worldAccording with their desireCannot succeed.The world is shaped by the Way;It cannot be shaped by the self.Trying to change it, you damage it;Trying to possess it, you lose it. So some will lead, while others f... 在线阅读 >>

30. Violence

Powerful men are well advised not to use violence,For violence has a habit of returning;Thorns and weeds grow wherever an army goes,And lean years follow a great war.A general is well advisedTo achieve nothing more than his orders:Not to take... 在线阅读 >>

31. Armies

Armies are tools of violence;They cause men to hate and fear.The sage will not join them.His purpose is creation;Their purpose is destruction.Weapons are tools of violence,Not of the sage;He uses them only when there is no choice,And then... 在线阅读 >>

32. Shapes

The Way has no true shape,And therefore none can control it.If a ruler could control the WayAll things would followIn harmony with his desire,And sweet rain would fall,Effortlessly slaking every thirst.The Way is shaped by use,But then th... 在线阅读 >>

33. Virtues

Who understands the world is learned;Who understands the self is enlightened.Who conquers the world has strength;Who conquers the self has harmony.Who is determined has purpose;Who is contented has wealth.Who defends his home may long endure; 在线阅读 >>

34. Control

The Way flows and ebbs, creating and destroying,Implementing all the world, attending to the tiniest details,Claiming nothing in return.It nurtures all things,Though it does not control them;It has no intention,So it seems inconsequential.I... 在线阅读 >>

35. Peace

If you offer music and foodStrangers may stop with you;But if you accord with the WayAll the people of the world will keep youIn safety, health, community, and peace.The Way lacks art and flavour;It can neither be seen nor heard,But its ben... 在线阅读 >>

36. Opposition

To reduce someone’s influence, first expand it;To reduce someone’s force, first increase it;To overthrow someone, first exalt them;To take from someone, first give to them.This is the subtlety by which the weak overcome the strong:Fish should n... 在线阅读 >>

37. Tranquillity

The Way takes no action, but leaves nothing undone.When you accept thisThe world will flourish,In harmony with nature.Nature does not possess desire;Without desire, the heart becomes quiet;In this manner the whole world is made tranquil.(du... 在线阅读 >>

38. Ritual

Well established hierarchies are not easily uprooted;Closely held beliefs are not easily released;So ritual enthralls generation after generation. Harmony does not care for harmony, and so is naturally attained;But ritual is intent upon harmony, an... 在线阅读 >>

39. Support

In mythical times all things were whole:All the sky was clear,All the earth was stable,All the mountains were firm,All the riverbeds were full,All of nature was fertile,And all the rulers were supported. But, losing clarity, the sky tore;Lo... 在线阅读 >>

40. Motion and Use

The motion of the Way is to return;The use of the Way is to accept;All things come from the Way,And the Way comes from nothing.(dushuzhijia.com网友整理分享) 在线阅读 >>

41. Following

When the great man learns the Way, he follows it with diligence;When the common man learns the Way, he follows it on occasion;When the mean man learns the Way, he laughs out loud;Those who do not laugh, do not learn at all.Therefore it is said:... 在线阅读 >>

42. Mind

The Way bears sensation,Sensation bears memory,Sensation and memory bear abstraction,And abstraction bears all the world;Each thing in the world bears feeling and doing,And, imbued with mind, harmony with the Way.As others have taught, so do ... 在线阅读 >>

43. Overcoming

Water overcomes the stone;Without substance it requires no opening;This is the benefit of taking no action.Yet benefit without action,And experience without abstraction,Are practiced by very few.(dushuzhijia.com网友整理分享) 在线阅读 >>

44. Contentment

Health or reputation: which is held dearer?Health or possessions: which has more worth?Profit or loss: which is more troublesome? Great love incurs great expense,And great riches incur great fear,But contentment comes at no cost;Who knows when ... 在线阅读 >>

45. Quiet

Great perfection seems incomplete,But does not decay;Great abundance seems empty,But does not fail.Great truth seems contradictory;Great cleverness seems stupid;Great eloquence seems awkward.As spring overcomes the cold,And autumn overcom... 在线阅读 >>

46. Horses

When a nation follows the Way,Horses bear manure through its fields;When a nation ignores the Way,Horses bear soldiers through its streets.There is no greater mistake than following desire;There is no greater disaster than forgetting contentmen... 在线阅读 >>

47. Knowing

Without taking a step outdoorsYou know the whole world;Without taking a peep out the windowYou know the colour of the sky.The more you experience,The less you know.The sage wanders without knowing,Sees without looking,Accomplishes without... 在线阅读 >>

48. Inaction

The follower of knowledge learns as much as he can every day;The follower of the Way forgets as much as he can every day. By attrition he reaches a state of inactionWherein he does nothing, but nothing remains undone. To conquer the world, accomplish... 在线阅读 >>

49. People

The sage does not distinguish between himself and the world;The needs of other people are as his own.He is good to those who are good;He is also good to those who are not good,Thereby he is good.He trusts those who are trustworthy;He also tru... 在线阅读 >>

50. Death

Men flow into life, and ebb into death. Some are filled with life;Some are empty with death;Some hold fast to life, and thereby perish,For life is an abstraction.Those who are filled with lifeNeed not fear tigers and rhinos in the wilds,Nor w... 在线阅读 >>

51. Nurture

The Way bears all things;Harmony nurtures them;Nature shapes them;Use completes them.Each follows the Way and honours harmony,Not by law,But by being.The Way bears, nurtures, shapes, completes,Shelters, comforts, and makes a home for them... 在线阅读 >>

52. Clarity

The origin of the world is its mother;Understand the mother, and you understand the child;Embrace the child, and you embrace the mother,Who will not perish when you die.Reserve your judgments and wordsAnd you maintain your influence;Speak you... 在线阅读 >>

53. Difficult Paths

With but a small understandingOne may follow the Way like a main road,Fearing only to leave it;Following a main road is easy,Yet people delight in difficult paths. When palaces are kept upFields are left to weedsAnd granaries empty;Wearing ... 在线阅读 >>

54. Cultivate Harmony

Cultivate harmony within yourself, and harmony becomes real;Cultivate harmony within your family, and harmony becomes fertile;Cultivate harmony within your community, and harmony becomes abundant;Cultivate harmony within your culture, and harmony b... 在线阅读 >>

55. Soft Bones

Who is filled with harmony is like a newborn.Wasps and snakes will not bite him;Hawks and tigers will not claw him. His bones are soft yet his grasp is sure,For his flesh is supple;His mind is innocent yet his body is virile,For his vigour is p... 在线阅读 >>

56. Impartiality

Who understands does not preach;Who preaches does not understand.Reserve your judgments and words;Smooth differences and forgive disagreements;Dull your wit and simplify your purpose;Accept the world.Then,Friendship and enmity,Profit and ... 在线阅读 >>

57. Conquer with Inaction

Do not control the people with laws,Nor violence nor espionage,But conquer them with inaction.For:The more morals and taboos there are,The more cruelty afflicts people;The more guns and knives there are,The more factions divide people;The... 在线阅读 >>

57. Conquer with Inaction

Do not control the people with laws,Nor violence nor espionage,But conquer them with inaction.For:The more morals and taboos there are,The more cruelty afflicts people;The more guns and knives there are,The more factions divide people;The... 在线阅读 >>

58. No End

When government is lazy and informalThe people are kind and honest;When government is efficient and severeThe people are discontented and deceitful.Good fortune follows upon disaster;Disaster lurks within good fortune;Who can say how things w... 在线阅读 >>

59. Restraint

Manage a great nation as you would cook a delicate fish.To govern men in accord with natureIt is best to be restrained;Restraint makes agreement easy to attain,And easy agreement builds harmonious relationships;With sufficient harmony no resist... 在线阅读 >>

60. Demons

When you use the Way to conquer the world,Your demons will lose their power to harm.It is not that they lose their power as such,But that they will not harm others;Because they will not harm others,You will not harm others:When neither you no... 在线阅读 >>

61. Submission

A nation is like a hierarchy, a marketplace, and a maiden.A maiden wins her husband by submitting to his advances;Submission is a means of union.So when a large country submits to a small countryIt will adopt the small country;When a small coun... 在线阅读 >>

62. Sin

The Way is the fate of men,The treasure of the saint,And the refuge of the sinner.Fine words are often borrowed,And great deeds are often appropriated;Therefore, when a man falls, do not abandon him,And when a man gains power, do not honour h... 在线阅读 >>

63. Difficulty

Practice no-action;Attend to do-nothing;Taste the flavorless,Magnify the small,Multiply the few,Return love for hate.Deal with the difficult while it is yet easy;Deal with the great while it is yet small;The difficult develops naturally f... 在线阅读 >>

64a. Care at the Beginning

What lies still is easy to grasp;What lies far off is easy to anticipate;What is brittle is easy to shatter;What is small is easy to disperse.Yet a tree broader than a man can embrace is born of a tiny shoot;A dam greater than a river can overf... 在线阅读 >>

64b. Care at the End

He who acts, spoils;He who grasps, loses.People often fail on the verge of success;Take care at the end as at the beginning,So that you may avoid failure.The sage desires no-desire,Values no-value,Learns no-learning,And returns to the pla... 在线阅读 >>

65. Subtlety

The ancients did not seek to rule people with knowledge,But to help them become natural.It is difficult for knowledgeable people to become natural;So to use law to control a nation weakens the nation,But to use nature to control a nation strength... 在线阅读 >>

66. Lead by Following

The river carves out the valley by flowing beneath it.Thereby the river is the master of the valley.In order to master peopleOne must speak as their servant;In order to lead peopleOne must follow them.So when the sage rises above the people,　... 在线阅读 >>

67. Unimportance

All the world says,"I am important;I am separate from all the world.I am important because I am separate,Were I the same, I could never be important."Yet here are three treasuresThat I cherish and commend to you:The first is compassion,By... 在线阅读 >>

68. Compassion

Compassion is the finest weapon and best defence.If you would establish harmony,Compassion must surround you like a fortress.Therefore,A good soldier does not inspire fear;A good fighter does not display aggression;A good conqueror does not e... 在线阅读 >>

69. Ambush

There is a saying among soldiers:It is easier to lose a yard than take an inch.In this manner one may deploy troops without marshalling them,Bring weapons to bear without exposing them,Engage the foe without invading them,And exhaust their stre... 在线阅读 >>

70. Individuality

My words are easy to understandAnd my actions are easy to performYet no other can understand or perform them. My words have meaning; my actions have reason;Yet these cannot be known and I cannot be known. We are each unique, and therefore valuable; 在线阅读 >>

71. Limitation

Who recognizes his limitations is healthy;Who ignores his limitations is sick.The sage recognizes this sickness as a limitation.And so becomes immune.(dushuzhijia.com网友整理分享) 在线阅读 >>

72. Revolution

When people have nothing more to lose,Then revolution will result.Do not take away their lands,And do not destroy their livelihoods;If your burden is not heavy then they will not shirk it.The sage maintains himself but exacts no tribute,Value... 在线阅读 >>

73. Fate

Who is brave and bold will perish;Who is brave and subtle will benefit.The subtle profit where the bold perishFor fate does not honour daring.And even the sage dares not tempt fate.Fate does not attack, yet all things are conquered by it;It d... 在线阅读 >>

74. Execution

If people were not afraid of death,Then what would be the use of an executioner?If people were only afraid of death,And you executed everyone who did not obey,No one would dare to disobey you.Then what would be the use of an executioner?Peopl... 在线阅读 >>

75. Rebellion

When rulers take grain so that they may feast,Their people become hungry;When rulers take action to serve their own interests,Their people become rebellious;When rulers take lives so that their own lives are maintained,Their people no longer fe... 在线阅读 >>

76. Flexibility

A newborn is soft and tender,A crone, hard and stiff.Plants and animals, in life, are supple and succulent;In death, withered and dry.So softness and tenderness are attributes of life,And hardness and stiffness, attributes of death.Just as a ... 在线阅读 >>

77. Need

Is the action of nature not unlike drawing a bow?What is higher is pulled down, and what is lower is raised up;What is taller is shortened, and what is thinner is broadened;Nature’s motion decreases those who have more than they needAnd increases... 在线阅读 >>

78. Yielding

Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water,Yet nothing can better overcome the hard and strong,For they can neither control nor do away with it.The soft overcomes the hard,The yielding overcomes the strong;Every person knows this,B... 在线阅读 >>

79. Reconciliation

When conflict is reconciled, some hard feelings remain;This is dangerous.The sage accepts less than is dueAnd does not blame or punish;For harmony seeks agreementWhere justice seeks payment.The ancients said: "nature is impartial;Therefore ... 在线阅读 >>

80. Utopia

Let your community be small, with only a few people;Keep tools in abundance, but do not depend upon them;Appreciate your life and be content with your home;Sail boats and ride horses, but don’t go too far;Keep weapons and armour, but do not emplo... 在线阅读 >>

81. The Sage

Honest people use no rhetoric;Rhetoric is not honesty.Enlightened people are not cultured;Culture is not enlightenment.Content people are not rich;Riches are not contentment.So the sage does not serve himself;The more he does for others, th... 在线阅读 >>

Caveat

This document attempts to draw the texts of several popular English translations of Lao Tse into a consistent and accessible context. It is based on the translations of Robert G. Henricks, Lin Yutang, D.C. Lau, Ch’u Ta-Kao, Gia-Fu Feng(dushuzhijia.com网... 在线阅读 >>

Structural Changes

The last three lines of chapter 28 have been moved to the end of Chapter 27.The last three lines of chapter 39 have been moved to the end of Chapter 26.The last three lines of chapter 47 oppose most translations.The first three lines of chapter 54 ... 在线阅读 >>
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