老子
- 语言:
- 英语
- 状态:
- 完整作品
- 作者归属:
- 托名之作（作者存疑）
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- 文本清晰
- 篇幅:
- 约 10,500 词 · 50 个段落
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内容简介
关于道——那不可名之道——的八十一章短诗：不强为而治，无为而为，以及柔弱的悖论式力量——水滴石穿。
背景与流传
相传作者为老子，公元前六世纪周王室的守藏史；他失望西行，将此书留给了函谷关的关令。现代学者则多认为它是公元前四至三世纪的编集。全书约五千言，是道家哲学与道教共同的根基，也是史上被翻译最多的书之一——它谜一般的简约让千种读法成为可能，从神秘主义到治国之术。
这是编辑性背景，不是可引用的来源：与作品本身的段落不同，这些说明无法在语料库中核对。
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).…