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1、【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;TheNamesthatcanbegivenArenotAbsoluteNames.TheNamelessistheoriginofHeavenandEarth;TheNamedistheMotherofAllThings.Ther

2、efore:Oftentimes,onestripsoneselfofpassionInordertoseetheSecretofLife;Oftentimes,oneregardslifewithpassion,Inordertoseeitsmanifestforms.Thesetwo(theSecretanditsmanifestations)Are(intheirnature)thesame;TheyaregivendifferentnamesWhentheybecomemanifest.TheymaybothbecalledtheCo

3、smicMystery: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。W

4、henthepeopleoftheEarthallknowbeautyasbeauty,Therearises(therecognitionof)ugliness.WhenthepeopleoftheEarthallknowthegoodasgood,Therearises(therecognitionof)evil.Therefore:Beingandnon-beinginterdependingrowth;Difficultandeasyinterdependincompletion;Longandshortinterdependinco

5、ntrast;Highandlowinterdependinposition;Tonesandvoiceinterdependinharmony;Frontandbehindinterdependincompany.ThereforetheSage:Managesaffairswithoutaction;Preachesthedoctrinewithoutwords;Allthingstaketheirrise,buthedoesnotturnawayfromthem;Hegivesthemlife,butdoesnottakepossess

6、ionofthem;Heacts,butdoesnotappropriate;Accomplishes,butclaimsnocredit.ItisbecausehelaysclaimtonocreditThatthecreditcannotbetakenawayfromhim.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------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，

7、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'sheartsshallnotbedisturbed.ThereforeinthegovernmentoftheSage:HekeepsemptytheirheartsMakesfull

8、theirbellies,Discouragestheirambitions,Strengthenstheirframes;Sothatthepeoplemaybe