老子說 智者的低語
The Dao Speaks Whispers of Wisdom.....................................................................1
生命的大智慧 The Wisdom of Life...........................................................................3
老子其猶龍乎 Is Not Laozi Like the Dragon!..........................................................7
**部分 Part Ⅰ:
道(上篇) The Way..............................................................................................13
道可道,非常道 The Dao That Can’t Be Spoken.................................................14
有無相生 The Theory of Relativity..........................................................................18
無為 Favors...............................................................................................................20
道沖 The Dao Is Empty............................................................................................22
芻狗 Straw Dogs......................................................................................................23
天地 Our World Eternal...........................................................................................25
上善若水 Virtue Resembles Water..........................................................................26
持而盈之 The Overflowing Cup.............................................................................28
營魄抱一 Body and Soul.........................................................................................30
無 The Empty Cup....................................................................................................31
無欲 Boundless Desires............................................................................................33
寵辱 Honor’s Disgrace.............................................................................................35
守靜 Maintaining Tranquillity................................................................................37
太上 The Invisible King............................................................................................39
仁義 Regression into Benevolence............................................................................41
絕學(xué) Living With the Dao........................................................................................43
曲則全 Bend Don’t Break........................................................................................45
勝而不美 Victory Is Not Proud..............................................................................47
自知 Overcoming Yourself.......................................................................................49
執(zhí)“大道” Holding on to the Dao..........................................................................51
以柔克剛 The Strength of Weakness.......................................................................52
第二部分 Part Ⅱ:
道 (下篇) The Way..............................................................................................53
玄牝 The Mysterious Female....................................................................................54
無物 The Dao is Indistinct............................................................................................55
古之得“道”者 Daoists of Old............................................................................57
絕圣棄智 The Artificial Role Model........................................................................60
道之為物 Reality of the Dao...................................................................................61
希言自然 The Wanton Ruler...................................................................................63
企者不立 The Exhibitionist.....................................................................................66
有物渾成 The Beginning.........................................................................................68
處重守靜 The Serious Ruler....................................................................................70
善行無轍跡 Sagely Conservation...........................................................................72
為天下谿 Confluence of the World..........................................................................75
欲取天下 A Natural Government...........................................................................78
不矜不伐 War and Force.........................................................................................80
本諸自然 A Natural Balance...................................................................................82
大道氾兮 The Dao Nurtures...................................................................................84
道常無為 The Natural Ruler...................................................................................85
第三部分 Part Ⅲ:
德(上篇) The Virtue...........................................................................................86
上德無為 Superior Virtue Is Not Virtue................................................................87
有生于無 Getting Something From Nothing..........................................................89
道生萬物 Universal Harmony................................................................................90
至柔 Soft Will Overcome..........................................................................................91
知足不辱 The Risk of Seeking Fame and Fortune...................................................92
欲得 There Is No Greater Crime...............................................................................93
不行而知 Don’t Go Out..........................................................................................95
無為 In Pursuit of Non-action.................................................................................96
圣人 The Ideal Leader...............................................................................................97
兕虎 A Tiger May Be Vicious..................................................................................98
玄同 One Who Speaks Does Not Know..................................................................101
無欲自樸 The More Laws There Are.....................................................................102
烹小鮮 Frying Fish................................................................................................104
樂推 Navigating the State......................................................................................105
不爭 The Good General...........................................................................................106
知知 The Know-it-all..............................................................................................107
不爭善勝 Contend By Not Contending................................................................108
草木 Tree vs. Grass.................................................................................................110
水石 Water vs. Rock...............................................................................................112
予而不取 It’s Better to Give Than to Receive.......................................................113
圣人不積 The More You Give, the More You Get....................................................114
第四部分 Part Ⅳ:
德 (下篇) The Virtue.........................................................................................116
得一者 Obtaining the One.....................................................................................117
士聞道 The Level Path...........................................................................................121
大成若缺 A Model for the World..........................................................................125
道生之,德畜之 Profound Virtue.......................................................................127
天下有始 The Doors of Perception........................................................................129
大道 The Great Path...............................................................................................131
善建者不拔 Cultivating Virtue............................................................................133
含德之厚 An Infant’s Virtue................................................................................135
奇正無端 There Is No Justice................................................................................138
儉嗇 Frugality........................................................................................................140
大者宜為下 The Lowly Superpower.....................................................................142
道者萬物之奧 Prizing the Dao............................................................................144
多易必多難 Easing Difficulties............................................................................146
慎終如始 Planning and Perseverance...................................................................148
以愚治國 Mysterious Virtue.................................................................................150
三寶 The Three Treasures.......................................................................................152
用兵 Warfare...........................................................................................................154
圣人懷玉 Heart of Jade..........................................................................................156
民不畏威 Tyranny.................................................................................................158
代大匠斲 Standing In for the Carpenter...............................................................160
民之饑 Starvation and Taxes.................................................................................162
天道猶張弓 The Drawn Bow................................................................................163
小國寡民 The Ideal Country.................................................................................165
第五部分 Part Ⅴ:
諸子談黃老經(jīng) Ancient Thinkers Discuss the Dao...........................................168
道可道,非常道。 If the Dao can be explained, it is not the constant Dao.........169
名可名,非常名。 If a name can be named, it is not a constant name................171
太上,不知有之。 As for the greatest kind of ruler,
you don’t even know he’s there.........................................................................172
人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。 People follow the earth, the earth
follows heaven, heaven follows the Dao, the Dao follows nature.....................173
上德不德,是以有德;下德不失德,是以無德。 People of superior virtue
are not so intentionally and are therefore virtuous. People of inferior virtue are
intentionally virtuous and are thus not virtuous..............................................174
禍莫大于不知足,咎莫大于欲得。 There is no greater disaster than
discontentment. There is no greater crime than greed.......................................175
知者不言,言者不知。
One who knows does not speak, One who speaks does not know......................176
天下多忌諱,而民彌貧;朝多利器,國家滋昏;人多伎巧,奇物滋起。
The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be.
The more weapons there are, the more discordant it will be.
The more cunning people are, the more wickedness there will be......................177
善為士者,不武;善戰(zhàn)者,不怒;善勝敵者,不與。
A good general is not excessively violent, A good soldier is not easily angered,
A good conqueror does not resort to confrontation. ..........................................178
附錄·延伸閱讀 APPENDIX Further reading ..................................................179