文档介绍：【佛慧双语弘道馆】——《道德经》汉英对照(林语堂译本)道德经老子著林语堂英译一章道,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。TheTaothatcanbetoldofIsnottheAbsoluteTao;;:Oftentimes,onestripsoneselfofpassionInordertoseetheSecretofLife;Oftentimes,oneregardslifewithpassion,(theSecretanditsmanifestations)Are(intheirnature)thesame;:ReachingfromtheMysteryintotheDeeperMysteryIstheGatetotheSecretofAllLife.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------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,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。WhenthepeopleoftheEarthallknowbeautyasbeauty,Therearises(therecognitionof),Therearises(therecognitionof):Beingandnon-beinginterdependingrowth;pletion;Longandshortinterdependincontrast;Highandlowinterdependinposition;Tonesandvoiceinterdependinharmony;:Managesaffairswithoutaction;Preachesthedoctrinewithoutwords;Allthingstaketheirrise,buthedoesnotturnawayfromthem;Hegivesthemlife,butdoesnottakepossessionofthem;Heacts,butdoesnotappropriate;plishes,.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------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。Exaltnotthewise,Sothatthepeopleshallnotschemeandcontend;Prizenotrareobjects,Sothatthepeopleshallnotsteal;Shutoutfromsitethethingsofdesire,Sothatthepeople':HekeepsemptytheirheartsMakesfulltheirbellies,Discouragestheirambitions,Strengthenstheirframes;