《道德经》汉英对照_(Waley_译本)

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1、《道德经》汉英对照（Waley译本）老子著ArthurWaley英译注：英文翻译不能完全表达古文愿意，敬请读者斟酌一章道，可道，非恒道。名，可名，非恒名。无名，天地之始；有名，万物之母。故常无欲，以观其妙；常有欲，以观其徼。此两者同出而异名，同谓之玄。玄之又玄，众妙之门。TheWaythatcanbetoldofisnotanUnvaryingWay;Thenamesthatcanbenamedarenotunvaryingnames.ItwasfromtheNamelessthatHeavenandEar

2、thsprang;Thenamedisbutthemotherthatrearsthetenthousandcreatures,eachafteritskind.Truly,“OnlyhethatridshimselfforeverofdesirecanseetheSecretEssences”;HethathasneverridhimselfofdesirecanseeonlytheOutcomes.Thesetwothingsissuedfromthesamemould,butneverthelessa

3、redifferentinname.This“samemould”wecanbutcalltheMystery,Orratherthe“DarkerthananyMystery”,TheDoorwaywhenceissuedallSecretEssences.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------二章天下皆知美之为美，斯恶已；皆知善之为善，斯不善矣。有无相生，难易相成，长短相形，高下相盈

4、，音声相和，前后相随，恒也。是以圣人处无为之事，行不言之教，万物作而弗始，生而弗有，为而弗恃，功成而弗居。夫唯弗居，是以不去。ItisbecauseeveryoneunderHeavenrecognizesbeautyasbeauty,Thattheideaofuglinessexists.Andequallyifeveryonerecognizedvirtueasvirtue,thiswouldmerelycreatefreshconceptionsofwickedness.Fortruly,Beinga

5、ndNot-beinggrowoutofoneanother;Difficultandeasycompleteoneanother.Longandshorttestoneanother;Highandlowdetermineoneanother.Pitchandmodegiveharmonytooneanother.Frontandbackgivesequencetooneanother.ThereforetheSagereliesonactionlessactivity,Carriesonwordless

6、teaching,42Butthemyriadcreaturesareworkeduponbyhim;Hedoesnotdisownthem.Herearsthem,butdoesnotlayclaimtothem,Controlsthem,butdoesnotleanuponthem,Achieveshisaim,butdoesnotcallattentiontowhathedoes;AndfortheveryreasonthathedoesnotcallattentiontowhathedoesHeis

7、notejectedfromfruitionofwhathehasdone.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------三章不尚贤，使民不争；不贵难得之货，使民不为盗；不见可欲，使民心不乱。是以圣人之治，虚其心，实其腹；弱其志，强其骨。常使民无知无欲。使夫知不敢弗为而已，则无不治。Ifwestoplookingfor“personsofsuperiormorality”(hsien)toput

8、inpower,Therewillbenomorejealousiesamongthepeople.Ifweceasetosetstorebyproductsthatarehardtoget,Therewillbenomorethieves.Ifthepeopleneverseesuchthingsasexcitedesire,Theirheartswillremainplacidandundisturbed.T