The naturalist, individualist and politic doctrine of Lao-tse exhibited in 81 poetic and obscure texts. Tr. Waley (en), Lau (en), Julien (fr) and Wilhelm (de).
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Section Dao – Chapter V
Heaven and Earth are ruthless;
To them the Ten Thousand things are but as straw dogs.
The Sage too is ruthless;
To him the people are but as straw dogs.
Yet Heaven and Earth and all that lies between
Is like a bellows
In that it is empty, but gives a supply that never fails.
Work it, and more comes out.
Whereas the force of words is soon spent.
Far better is it to keep what is in the heart.
Waley 5
天地是大公无私的, 对万事万物一视同仁, 把万物看作草扎的狗, 无恩无怨。圣人对待百姓亦是如此。
天地之间, 就好像风箱一样, 中间虽然是空的, 但正因为如此, 才能生化万物。多所作为, 多设措施, 多立条文都是鼓噪一时, 表面上轰轰烈烈, 实际上埋伏下无限的危机。远不如抱中守一、清静无为来的好。
白话翻译
Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad creatures as strawdogs;
the sage is ruthless, and treats the people as straw dogs.
Is not the space between heaven and earth like a bellows?
It is empty without being exhausted:
The more it works the more comes out.
Much speech leads inevitably to silence.
Better to hold fast to the void.
Lau 5
Le ciel et la terre n'ont point d'affection particulière. Ils regardent toutes les créatures comme le chien2 de paille (du sacrifice).
Le saint homme n'a point d'affection particulière ; il regarde tout le peuple comme le chien de paille (du sacrifice).
L'être qui est entre le ciel et la terre ressemble à un soufflet de forge qui est vide et ne s'épuise point, que l'on met en mouvement et qui produit de plus en plus (du vent).
Celui qui parle beaucoup (du Tao) est souvent réduit au silence.
Il vaut mieux observer le milieu.
Julien 5
Himmel und Erde sind nicht gütig.
Ihnen sind die Menschen wie stroherne Opferhunde,
Der Berufene ist nicht gütig.
Ihm sind die Menschen wie stroherne Opferhunde.
Der Zwischenraum zwischen Himmel und Erde
ist wie eine Flöte,
leer und fällt doch nicht zusammen;
bewegt kommt immer mehr daraus hervor.
Aber viele Worte erschöpfen sich daran.
Besser ist es, das Innere zu bewahren.
Wilhelm 5
The Way and Its Power – Dao De Jing I. 5. – Chinese off/on – Français/English
Alias Daode Jing, Dao De Jing, Tao Te Ching, Tao Teh Ching, le Tao-tö-king, Lao-Tzu Te-Tao Ching, the Laozi, Lao Zi, the Lao Tze, le Lao-tseu, The Book of the Way and its Virtue, the Way and its Power.
The Book of Odes, The Analects, Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Three-characters book, The Book of Changes, The Way and its Power, 300 Tang Poems, The Art of War, Thirty-Six Strategies
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