道德经

Tao and Teh

老子 著 laozi　works

林语堂 英译 Lin Yutang translation

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57第五十七章以正治国，以奇用兵，以无事取天下。
吾何以知其然哉？以此：天下多忌讳，而民弥贫；人多利器，国家滋昏；人多伎巧，奇物滋起；法令滋彰，盗贼多有。
故圣人云：「我无为，而民自化；我好静，而民自正；我无事，而民自富；我无欲，而民自朴。
」		Rule a kingdom by the Normal.
Fight a battle by (abnormal) tactics of surprise.
Win the world by doing nothing.
How do I know it is so?
Through this: -
The more prohibitions there are,
The poorer the people become.
The more sharp weapons there are,
The greater the chaos in the state.
The more skills of technique,
The more cunning things are produced.
The greater the number of statutes,
The greater the number of thieves and
brigands.
Therefore the sage says:
I do nothing and the people are reformed of themselves.
I love quietude and the people are righteous of themselves.
I deal in no business and the people grow rich by themselves.
I have no desires and the people are simple
and honest by themselves.
58第五十八章其政闷闷，其民淳淳；其政察察，其民缺缺。
祸兮，福之所倚，福兮，祸之所伏。
孰知其极？其无正。
正复为奇，善复为妖。
人之迷，其日固久！是以圣人方而不割，廉而不刿，直而不肆，光而不耀。
When the government is lazy and dull,
Its people are unspoiled;
When the government is efficient and smart,
Its people are discontented.
Disaster is the avenue of fortune,
(And) fortune is the concealment for disaster.
Who would be able to know its ultimate results?
(As it is), there would never be the normal.
But the normal would (immediately) revert to the deceitful.
And thegood revert to the sinister.
Thus long has mankind gone astray!
Therefore the Sage is square (has firm principles),
but not cutting (sharp-cornered),
Has integrity but does not hurt (others),
Is straight, but not high-handed,
Bright, but not dazzling.
59第五十九章治人、事天，莫若啬。
夫为啬，是谓早服，早服谓之重积德。
重积德则无不克。
无不克则莫知其极。
莫知其极，可以有国。
有国之母，可以长久。
是谓深根固柢，长生久视之道。
In managing human affairs, there is no better rule
than to be sparing.
To be sparing is to forestall;
To forestall is to be prepared and strengthened;
To be prepared and strengthened is to be ever-victorious;
To be ever-victorious is to have infinite capacity;
He who has infinite capacity is fit to rule a country,
And the Mother (principle) of a ruling country can long endure.
This is to be firmly rooted, to have deep strength,
The road to immortality and enduring vision.
60第六十章治大国若烹小鲜。
以道莅天下，其鬼不神。
非其鬼不神，其神不伤人。
非其神不伤人，圣人亦不伤人。
夫两不相伤，故德交归焉。
Rule a big country as you would fry small fish.
Who rules the world in accord with Tao
Shall find that the spirits lose their power.
It is not that the spirits lose their power,
But that they cease to do people harm.
It is not (only) that they cease to do people harm,
The Sage (himself) also does no harm to the people.
When both do not do each other harm,
The original character is restored.
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