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 XXXII
Tao is eternal, but has no fame (name);
The Uncarved Block, though seemingly of small account,
Is greater than anything that is under heaven.
If kings and barons would but possess themselves of it,
The ten thousand creatures would flock to do them homage;
Heaven-and-earth would conspire
To send Sweet Dew,
Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.
Once the block is carved, there will be names,
And so soon as there are names,
Know that it is time to stop.
Only by knowing when it is time to stop can danger be avoided.
To Tao all under heaven will come
As streams and torrents flow into a great river or sea.
Waley 32
道永远是无名朴实的, 它虽然隐微, 但天下却无人能指使它。
侯王如能抱守住它, 万物都会自动归服。
天地的阴阳二气相合, 则甘露不求而降, 无须人们去控制它, 它自然会很均匀。
道创造了万物, 为了分别而有了名, 但千万不能被名的表象所迷惑。要透过万物的表象看到它们原本一体, 只有这样才能看到事物的永恒和不灭。
道为天下所依归, 如百川归于江海。
白话翻译
The way is for ever nameless.
Though the uncarved block is small
No one in the world dare claim its allegiance.
Should lords and princes be able to hold fast to it
The myriad creatures will submit of their own accord,
Heaven and earth will unite and sweet dew will fall,
And the people will be equitable, though no one so decrees.
Only when it is cut are there names.
As soon as there are names
One ought to know that it is time to stop.
Knowing when to stop one can be free from danger.
The way is to the world as the River and the Sea are to rivulets andstreams.
Lau 32
Le Tao est éternel et n'a pas de nom.
Quoiqu'il soit petit de sa nature, le monde entier ne pourrait le subjuguer.
Si les vassaux et les rois peuvent le conserver, tous les êtres viendront spontanément se soumettre à eux.
Le ciel et la terre s'uniront ensemble pour faire descendre une douce rosée, et les peuples se pacifieront d'eux-mêmes sans que personne le leur ordonne.
Dès que le Tao se fut divisé, il eut un nom.
Ce nom une fois établi, il faut savoir se retenir.
Celui qui sait se retenir ne périclite jamais.
Le Tao est répandu dans l'univers19.
(Tous les êtres retournent à lui) comme les rivières et les ruisseaux des montagnes retournent aux fleuves et aux mers20.
Julien 32
Der SINN als Ewiger ist namenlose Einfalt.
Obwohl klein,
wagt die Welt ihn nicht zum Diener zu machen.
Wenn Fürsten und Könige ihn so wahren könnten,
so würden alle Dinge sich als Gäste einstellen.
Himmel und Erde würden sich vereinen,
um süßen Tau zu träufeln.
Das Volk würde ohne Befehle
von selbst ins Gleichgewicht kommen.
Wenn die Gestaltung beginnt,
dann erst gibt es Namen.
Die Namen erreichen auch das Sein,
und man weiß auch noch, wo haltzumachen ist.
Weiß man, wo haltzumachen ist,
so kommt man nicht in Gefahr.
Man kann das Verhältnis des SINNS zur Welt vergleichen
mit den Bergbächen und Talwassern,
die sich in Ströme und Meere ergießen.
Wilhelm 32
The Way and Its Power – Dao De Jing I. 32. – 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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