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事物呈现出相反的形态,是道在发动;事物呈现出柔弱的形态,是道在起用。天下的万物生于有形有质,有形有质生于无形无质。
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反也者,道之动也。弱也者,道之用也。天下之物生于有,有生于无。
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Returning is the motion of the Tao. Yielding is the way of the Tao. The ten thousand things are born of being. Being is born of not being.
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道的运动是循环的;道的作用是柔弱的。
天下万物生于有,有生于无。
(注:秦复观译本、帛书版、Feng Jia-fu and Jane English译本、陈鼓应译本)
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评论:
“Being is born of not being”,being这个词在哲学上翻译起来很麻烦,有的译为存在,有的译为是。本句也是道德经文本里最厉害的话语之一了。
(In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, ……)
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