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04道德经英译本85种-第321章

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  Knowing entireness is tolerance
  Tolerance leads to impartiality
  Impartiality leads to kingliness
  Kingliness leads to the heavens
  The heavens lead to tao
  Tao leads to what is long…lasting。

  Be without a body; lack danger。

  17

  The very highest; little knowledge is present of it
  That next is attached to yet praised
  That next is respected
  That next is despised。

  Where there is belief without enough within
  A lack of believing what is within is present。

  So remote; those treasure words
  Outstanding service performed; efforts successful
  the one hundred families say
  We did it naturally。

  18

  Great tao discarded; a presence of humanity; morality
  Wisdom and intelligence come out; a presence of great pretense
  Families lack harmony; a presence of filial devotion and mothering
  The nation's emperor blinded; confused; a presence of loyal servants。

  19

  Break away from sageliness; toss out wisdom
  People benefit one hundred times over
  Break away from humanity; toss out morality
  People return to filial devotion and mothering
  Break away from valuing; toss out profit
  Thieves and robbers are not in existence。

  These three used as a basis for action are ornament; insufficient。

  So make present what principles?
  See plainness
  Embrace true nature
  Reduce self…interest
  Limit desires。

  20

  Break off from studying; there is an absence of grief。

  Being individual or pandering to each other
  How do these differ?
  Valuing or hating each other
  What is the difference?

  It looks like one cannot lack respect for what others put respect in
  Such reckless desertion!
  It is not yet centered; this way。

  Collective mind is bright and sunny; gay and prosperous
  Like enjoying a sacrificial ox
  Like ascending a tower in springtime。
  The self alone; so moored!
  is not yet divined on the tortoise…shell
  Like being a baby…child before it smiles。
  Unattached; so unattached
  The self looks absent of a place to merge。

  In the collective mind each is present of a surplus
  Yet the self alone appears to offer as a gift。
  The self is foolish; men's minds are also this way
  Unclear; so unclear。

  Customs of men are clear; obvious
  The self alone is dark; indistinct
  Customs of men are curious; scrutinizing
  The self alone is tightly closed; shut off。

  So indifferent; it looks like the ocean
  Such a gusty wind; it looks ceaseless。

  In the collective mind each possesses a cause
  Yet the self alone seems stubborn and rustic
  The self alone differs from relating to men
  Yet treasures nourishment in relating to the mother。

  21

  An aperture is the appearance of the ideal
  Only tao is appropriately followed。

  The action of tao on things;
  Only elusive; only ungraspable。
  So ungraspable; so elusive
  At its center; the presence of form
  So elusive; so ungraspable
  At its center; the presence of things
  So secluded; so hard to see
  At its center; the presence of belief。

  From ancient times reaching into the present its name does not depart
  Experience of the collective beginning happens。

  Why do I happen to know the shape of the collective beginning is this way?
  It just happens。

  22

  Flexibility; then comes wholeness
  Being twisted; then comes straightness
  Emptiness; then comes fullness
  Shabbiness; then comes newness
  Scarcity; then comes obtainment
  Abundance; then comes perplexity。

  Appropriately it happens that sages
  Embrace oneness
  Act as the model of the world
  Are not showing themselves so they are luminous
  Are not justifying themselves so they are conspicuous
  Are not boasting of themselves so outstanding service is performed
  Are not bragging of themselves so they grow
  In the end only lack contending
  So noone in the world is able to be contending with them。

  In ancient times there was a saying;
  That which is flexible becomes whole。
  How can these be empty words?

  The essence; whole yet being merged together。

  23

  Rare words are natural。
  So the fluttering winds do not last all morning
  The sudden rainstorm does not last all day。
  Who is it that acts this way?
  Heavens and earth。

  Heavens and earth still lack the ability for longevity
  Yet what relates to men is equal to this state ofthings?

  So follow effort in things related to tao
  Be together with relating to tao
  Follow effort in things related to the ideal
  Be together with relating to the ideal
  Follow effort in things related to losing
  Be together with relating to losing。

  What is together with things related to tao
  Tao also obtains joyfully
  What is together with things related to the ideal
  The ideal also obtains joyfully
  What is together with things related to losing
  Losing also obtains joyfully。

  Belief without enough within
  A lack of belief in what is within happens。

  24

  Those on tiptoe are not standing firmly
  Those who stride are not moving
  Those who show themselves are not luminous
  Those who justify themselves are not conspicuous
  Those who boast of themselves are not of outstanding service
  Those who brag of themselves are not growing。

  They that join tao also say
  Surplus food and redundant actions are somehow disliked

  So those present with tao are not dwelling there。

  25

  A presence of a thing mixed completely
  Before the birth of heavens and earth
  So lonely; so deserted
  Standing alone yet without deviating
  Working everywhere yet lacking danger
  Action of the mother of the world can happen。

  I have no knowledge of its name
  Giving a word; I say tao。
  Stubbornly trying to name it I say great
  Great; I say passing by
  Passing by; I say far…reaching
  Far…reaching; I say returning。

  So tao is great; heavens are great; earth is great
  Kings are also great。
  In the center of the universe are four greatnesses
  Yet kings stand still; blending them into one。

  Man is an offshoot of earth
  Earth is an offshoot of the heavens
  The heavens are an offshoot of tao
  Tao is an offshoot of the natural。

  26

  Heaviness acts as root of lightness
  Stillness acts as sovereign of agitation。

  Appropriately it happens
  That sages travel throughout the day
  Without departing from heavy or light
  Even though fabulous views are present
  They dwell in great comfort and go about like this。
  How would one be lord of 10000 war…chariots
  Yet have a body which is light in the world?

  Following lightness comes loss of the root
  Following agitation comes loss of the sovereign。

  27

  Valuing going is absent of trace
  Valuing words are absent of flaw or censure
  With valuing reckoning; counters or policies are not used。

  What is valuably shut
  Is absent of a barrier yet cannot be opened
  What is valuably tied
  Is absent of restraint or restriction yet cannot be untied。

  Appropriately it happens that sages
  Entirely valuing help others; so others are not thrown away
  Entirely valuing help things; so things are not thrown away。
  Appropriately called following the luminance。

  So those who value others teach those who lack valuing others
  Those who lack valuing others are a resource of those who value others。
  Without treasuring a teacher; or without loving a resource
  Even the wise have great misconception。

  Appropriately called an important subtlety。

  28

  Know what is male
  Keep to what is female
  Act as the ravine of the world。
  Acting as the ravine of the world
  The ideal entirely lacks separation
  Return; merge with; relate to a newborn child。

  Know what is white
  Keep to what is black
  Act as the model of the world。
  Acting as the mode

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