Thirty spokes meet at a nave; Because of the hole we may use the wheel. Clay is moulded into a vessel; Because of the hollow we may use the cup. Walls are built around a hearth; Be
Both praise and blame cause concern, For they bring people hope and fear. The object of hope and fear is the self - For, without self, to whom may fortune and disaster occur? There
Nature is not kind; It treats all things impartially. The Sage is not kind, And treats all people impartially. Nature is like a bellows, Empty, yet never ceasing its supply. The mo
What is the difference between assent and denial? What is the difference between beautiful and ugly? What is the difference between fearsome and afraid? The people are merry as if
Accept and you become whole, Bend and you straighten, Empty and you fill, Decay and you renew, Want and you acquire, Fulfill and you become confused. The sage accepts the world As
Too much colour blinds the eye, Too much music deafens the ear, Too much taste dulls the palate, Too much play maddens the mind, Too much desire tears the heart. In this manner the
Men flow into life, and ebb into death. Some are filled with life; Some are empty with death; Some hold fast to life, and thereby perish, For life is an abstraction. Those who are
The last three lines of chapter 28 have been moved to the end of Chapter 27. The last three lines of chapter 39 have been moved to the end of Chapter 26. The last three lines of ch
那老子彭泽县懒坐衙，倦将文卷押，数十日不上马，柴门掩上咱，篱下看黄 花。爱的是绿水青山，见一个白衣人来报，来报五柳庄幽静煞。 【浦印亢厥令】 春夏间，遍郊原桃杏繁，用尽丹青图画难。道童将驴鞴上鞍，忍不住只恁般 顽，将一个酒葫芦 杨柳 上拴。
《道德经》为先秦道家的重要著作，被道家奉为经典。它是我国春秋时期伟大的哲学家老子所著。老子姓 李 名耳、字伯阳、谥号聃。楚国苦县人，孔子曾向他讨教过“礼”。周室内乱时，他弃官而去，经过函谷关时，一位叫喜的守关军官要他讲道，于是，他写了五千余字的《道德经》后便杳无踪迹。老子精于养生之道，他在《道德经》中说：“人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然。”“百姓皆曰我自然...
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