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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第 二 十 三 Section Dao – Chapter XXIII
To be always talks is against nature.
For the same reason a hurricane never lasts a whole morning, nor a rainstorm all day. Who is it that makes the wind and rain? It is Heaven-and Earth.
And if even Heaven-and Earth cannot blow or pour for long, how much less in his utterance should man?
Truly, if one uses the Way as one's instrument, the results will be like the Way; if one uses the “power” as instrument, the results will be like the “power”. If one uses what is the reverse of the “power”, the results will be the reverse of the “power”.
For to those who have conformed themselves to the Way, the Way readily lends its power. To those who have conformed themselves to the power, the power readily, lends more power. While to those who conform themselves to inefficacy, inefficacy readily lends its ineffectiveness.
“It is by not believing in people that you turn them into liars.”
Waley 23
自然之言, 淡而无味, 视不足见, 听不足闻。飙风刮不了一个早晨, 暴雨下不了一整天, 是谁主宰这一切呢? 是天地。天地都不能长久, 更何况人哪!
所以从事于道方面修练的人, 就能溶于道; 从事于德方面修练的人, 就能溶于德; 失去道德方面修练的人, 就要被道德弃之。
从事于道方面修练的人, 就能得到道的支持; 从事于德方面修练的人, 就能得到德的支持; 失去道德方面修练的人, 就要受到道德的惩罚。只有人们真正从内心里接受大自然, 才能真正了解它, 应用它。为政者诚信不足, 人民自然就不相信他。
白话翻译
To use words but rarely
Is to be natural.
Hence a gusty wind cannot last all morning, and a sudden downpour cannotlast all day.
Who is it that produces these? Heaven and earth.
If even heaven and earth cannot go on forever, much less can man.
That is why one follows the way.
A man of the way conforms to the way;
A man of virtue conforms to virtue;
A man of loss conforms to loss.
He who conforms to the way is gladly accepted by the way;
He who conforms to virtue is gladly accepted by virtue;
He who conforms to loss is gladly accepted by loss.
When there is not enough faith, there is lack of good faith.
Lau 23
Celui qui12 ne parle pas (arrive au) non-agir.
Un vent rapide ne dure pas toute la matinée ; une pluie violente ne dure pas tout le jour.
Qui est-ce qui produit ces deux choses ? Le ciel et la terre.
Si le ciel et la terre même ne peuvent subsister longtemps13, à plus forte raison l'homme !
C'est pourquoi si l'homme se livre au Tao, il s'identifie au Tao ; s'il se livre à la vertu, il s'identifie à la vertu ; s'il se livre au crime, il s'identifie au crime.
Julien 23
Macht selten die Worte,
dann geht alles von selbst.
Ein Wirbelsturm dauert keinen Morgen lang.
Ein Platzregen dauert keinen Tag.
Und wer wirkt diese?
Himmel und Erde.
Was nun selbst Himmel und Erde nicht dauernd vermögen,
wieviel weniger kann das der Mensch?
Darum: Wenn du an dein Werk gehst mit dem SINN,
so wirst du mit denen, so den SINN haben, eins im SINN,
mit denen, so das LEBEN haben, eins im LEBEN,
mit denen, so arm sind, eins in ihres Armut.
Bist du eins mit ihnen im SINN,
so kommen dir die, so den SINN haben,
auch freudig entgegen.
Bist du eins mit ihnen im LEBEN,
so kommen dir die, so das LEBEN haben,
auch freudig entgegen.
Bist du eins mit ihnen in ihrer Armut,
so kommen dir die, so da arm sind, auch freudig entgegen.
Wo aber der Glaube nicht stark genug ist,
da findet man keinen Glauben.
Wilhelm 23
The Way and Its Power – Dao De Jing I. 23. – Chinese on/off – 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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