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道德经林语堂
【佛慧双语弘道馆】——《道德经》汉英对照 （林语堂 译本）
道德经
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林语堂 英译
一章
道，可道，非恒道。名，可名，知无
欲。使夫知不敢弗为而已，则无不治。
Exalt not the wise,So that the people shall not scheme and contend;Prize not rare objects,So that the people shall not steal;Shut out from site the things of desire,So that the people's hearts shall not be disturbed.
Therefore in the government of the Sage:He keeps empty their heartsMakes full their bellies,Discourages their ambitions,Strengthens their frames;So that the people may be innocent of knowledge and the cunning ones shall not presume to action without deedsMay all live in peace.
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四章
道冲，而用之或不盈。渊兮，似万物之宗。挫其锐，解其纷，和其光，同其尘。湛兮，似或存。吾不知谁之子，象帝之先。
Tao is a hollow vessel,And its use is inexhaustible!Fathomless!Like the fountain head of all things,Its sharp edges rounded off,Its tangles untied,Its light tempered,Its turmoil submerged,Yet dark like deep water it seems to do not know whose Son it it,An image of what existed before God.
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五章
天地不仁，以万物为刍狗；圣人不仁，以百姓为刍狗。天地之间，其犹橐龠乎虚而不屈，动而愈出。多闻数穷，不如守中。
Nature is unkind:It treats the creation like sacrificial straw- Sage is unkind:He treats the people like sacrificial straw-dogs.
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