《道德經(jīng)》漢英對(duì)照_(Waley_譯本)

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1、《道德經(jīng)》漢英對(duì)照（Waley譯本）老子著ArthurWaley英譯注：英文翻譯不能完全表達(dá)古文愿意，敬請(qǐng)讀者斟酌一章道，可道，非恒道。名，可名，非恒名。無(wú)名，天地之始；有名，萬(wàn)物之母。故常無(wú)欲，以觀其妙；常有欲，以觀其徼。此兩者同出而異名，同謂之玄。玄之又玄，眾妙之門。TheWaythatcanbetoldofisnotanUnvaryingWay;Thenamesthatcanbenamedarenotunvaryingnames.ItwasfromtheNamelessthatHeavenandEar

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

3、redifferentinname.This“samemould”wecanbutcalltheMystery,Orratherthe“DarkerthananyMystery”,TheDoorwaywhenceissuedallSecretEssences.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------二章天下皆知美之為美，斯惡已；皆知善之為善，斯不善矣。有無(wú)相生，難易相成，長(zhǎng)短相形，高下相盈

4、，音聲相和，前后相隨，恒也。是以圣人處無(wú)為之事，行不言之教，萬(wàn)物作而弗始，生而弗有，為而弗恃，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.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------三章不尚賢，使民不爭(zhēng)；不貴難得之貨，使民不為盜；不見(jiàn)可欲，使民心不亂。是以圣人之治，虛其心，實(shí)其腹；弱其志，強(qiáng)其骨。常使民無(wú)知無(wú)欲。使夫知不敢弗為而已，則無(wú)不治。Ifwestoplookingfor“personsofsuperiormorality”(hsien)toput

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