1《道德经》汉英对照 （Legge 译本）老子 著James Legge 英译（注：英文翻译不能完全表达古文原意，敬请读者斟酌）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。The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao.The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchangingname.(Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven andearth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things.Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery wewould sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is allthat we shall see.Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as developmenttakes place, it receives the different names. Together we call themthe Mystery. Where the Mysteryis the deepest is the gate of all thatis subtle and wonderful.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------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。All in the world know the beautyof the beautiful, and in doing this2they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of theskilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the want ofskill is.So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (theidea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the ideaof) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figureof the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from thecontrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tonesbecome ha...
