老子道徳経
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- 英語
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- 完全な作品
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- 帰属（著者は議論あり）
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この作品を引用
- APA老子. (n.d.). 老子道徳経. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/laozi/the-tao-teh-king-or-the-tao-and-its-characteristics
- MLA老子. "老子道徳経." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/laozi/the-tao-teh-king-or-the-tao-and-its-characteristics.
- Chicago老子. 老子道徳経. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/laozi/the-tao-teh-king-or-the-tao-and-its-characteristics.
何についての本か
名づけえぬ道（タオ）をめぐる八十一の短い詩。強いずに治めること、為さずして為すこと（無為）、そして柔らかきものの逆説的な力——石に勝つ水。
背景と歴史
伝承はこの書を老子——紀元前六世紀、周王室の文書庫の役人で、失望して西へ去り、国境の関所の役人に書を残したという——に帰する。現代の研究者はむしろ紀元前四〜三世紀の編纂と見る。およそ五千字。哲学としての道家と宗教としての道教、その両方の土台であり、史上最も多く翻訳された書物のひとつである。謎めいた簡潔さが、神秘主義から統治の術まで、千通りの読みを可能にしてきた。
これは編集上の背景であり、引用できる典拠ではありません。作品本文の一節とは異なり、これらの記述はコーパスで検証できません。
Ch. 1. 1. The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. 2. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things. 3. Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see. 4. Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names. Together we call them the Mystery. Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful. 2. 1. All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the want of skill is. 2. So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another. 3. Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech. 4. All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show itself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership; they go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a reward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement).…