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 De – Chapter LIV
What Tao plants cannot be plucked,
What Tao clasps, cannot slip.
By its virtue alone can one generation after another carry on the ancestrial sacrifice.
Apply it to yourself and by its power you will be freed from dross.
Apply it to your household and your household shall thereby have abundance.
Apply it to the village, and the village will be made secure.
Apply it to the kingdom, and the kingdom shall thereby be made to flourish.
Apply it to an empire, and the empire shall thereby be extended.
Therefore just as through oneself one may contemplate Oneself,
So through the household one may contemplate the Household,
And through the village, one may contemplate the Village,
And through the kingdom, one may contemplate the Kingdom,
And through the empire, one may contemplate the Empire.
How do I know that the empire is so?
By this.
Waley 54
善于建立的, 不会被拔掉; 善于抱持的不会被甩脱。建德抱道不仅可使自己享受福报, 并可泽其子孙, 世世不辍, 祭祀不断。
自己修道, 他的德必归真; 贯彻到全家, 他的德必盈余; 贯彻到一乡, 他的德必伸长; 贯彻到一国, 他的德必丰硕; 贯彻到天下, 他的德必普传。只要修道就能象镜子一样反照。
可以以我之身观察到别人, 可以以我家身观察到别人家, 可以以我乡观察到别的乡, 可以以我国观察到别的国, 可以以现在观察到过去和未来。
我是怎么知道天下的呢? 窍门就在这里。
白话翻译
What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out;
What is tightly held in the arms will not slip loose;
Through this the offering of sacrifice by descendants will never cometo an end.
Cultivate it in your person
And its virtue will be genuine;
Cultivate it in the family
And its virtue will be more than sufficient;
Cultivate it in the hamlet
And its virtue will endure;
Cultivate it in the state
And its virtue will abound;
Cultivate it in the empire
And its virtue will be pervasive.
Hence look at the person through the person;
Look at the family through the family;
Look at the hamlet through the hamlet;
Look at the state through the state;
Look at the empire through the empire.
How do I know that the empire is like that?
By means of this.
Lau 54
Celui qui sait fonder ne craint point la destruction ; celui qui sait conserver ne craint point de perdre.
Ses fils et ses petits-fils lui offriront des sacrifices sans interruption.
Si (l'homme) cultive le Tao au-dedans de lui-même, sa vertu deviendra sincère.
S'il le cultive dans sa famille, sa vertu deviendra surabondante.
S'il le cultive dans le village, sa vertu deviendra étendue.
S'il le cultive dans le royaume, sa vertu deviendra florissante.
S'il le cultive dans l'empire, sa vertu deviendra universelle.
C'est pourquoi, d'après moi-même, je juge des autres hommes ; d'après une famille, je juge des autres familles ; d'apès un village, je juge des autres villages ; d'après un royaume, je juge des autres royaumes ; d'après l'empire, je juge de l'empire.
Comment sais-je qu'il en est ainsi de l'empire ? C'est uniquement par là45.
Julien 54
Was gut gepflanzt ist, wird nicht ausgerissen.
Was gut festgehalten wird, wird nicht entgehen.
Wer sein Gedächtnis Söhnen und Enkeln hinterläßt,
hört nicht auf
Wer seine Person gestaltet, dessen Leben wird wahr.
Wer seine Familie gestaltet, dessen Leben wird völlig.
Wer seine Gemeinde gestaltet, dessen Leben wird wachsen.
Wer sein Land gestaltet, dessen Leben wird reich.
Wer die Welt gestaltet, dessen Leben wird weit.
Darum: Nach deiner Person beurteile die Person des andern.
Nach deiner Familie beurteile die Familie des andern.
Nach deiner Gemeinde beurteile die Gemeinde der andern.
Nach deinem Land beurteile das Land der andern.
Nach deiner Welt beurteile die Welt der andern.
Wie weiß ich die Beschaffenheit der Welt?
Eben durch dies.
Wilhelm 54
The Way and Its Power – Dao De Jing II. 54. – 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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