Diffｉcultaｎｄeasycomplete one anoｔheｒ.
Ｌong and shorｔtｅｓtｏne another；
Ｈiｇhandｌｏwｄｅtermｉneｏneanoｔhｅｒ.
Piｔchａndｍｏde giveharmonytｏoｎe anothｅｒ.
Frontandｂacｋgive sequeｎｃe to oｎe aｎother.
Ｔhere wilｌ ｂe no mｏre thievｅs.
Ifｔhｅ ｐeoplｅｎeｖer see suchthings asexcｉｔe desire,
Ｔｈｅirｈeａｒts wilｌremainplacid anｄuｎdｉｓtuｒbeｄ．
Tｈｅｒeｆoｒｅｔhｅ Ｓage rulｅs
By eｍpｔｙinｇtheir heａrtｓ
If we stｏpｌooｋingfoｒ“pｅrsons of suｐerｉｏr morality” (hsien） ｔo pｕtin poｗer,
Thｅre willｂｅnomｏreｊｅalｏｕsies aｍong thepeople.
Ifｗeｃｅaseto setstorｅby pｒoｄucｔｓ ｔhatａre hard to get,
Tｈerefore theＳage reliesｏｎacｔionlessactivity,
Cａｒriesｏｎwordleｓs teachｉng,
But tｈemyriad creaｔuｒeｓarｅ ｗorkedｕpon byｈim;
Ｈｅdｏｅs noｔdｉsｏwnthem.
Ｈe rearｓｔheｍ,ｂutｄoｅｓnoｔlay claｉmtｏｔheｍ,
Conｔrols them，ｂut doｅｓnot leaｎupoｎthem，
Aｃｈｉｅveshisａｉm,but doesｎｏt cａll aｔtentiｏnto wｈat he dｏes;
Ａnｄfor the vｅrｙｒeaｓon thatｈe doｅs notｃall atteｎtion tｏwｈat heｄｏｅs
Aｎd fillinｇtｈeｉrhearts?
Ｗeaｋenｉｎg tｈeｉｒiｎｔellｉgencｅ
Aｎd touｇｈeninｇtheiｒsineｗs
Eveｒstriviｎgtｏmake the peｏｐｌe kｎowledgeｌeｓs anddｅｓiｒeleｓs.
Indeed hｅsees toｉｔtｈatif thereｂeａny whoｈave kｎowledge,
Iｔwasｆrｏｍthe NａmelessthａtＨeaven aｎd Eaｒｔhspｒａｎg；
Tｈeｎamedis butｔｈe motheｒｔhａｔｒearｓtheteｎthousaｎｄｃrｅatures, eaｃhａfter iｔskｉnd.
Trｕly, “Oｎlyhｅthat rids himｓelf fｏrever oｆdesirｅcａｎ ｓｅe the SecreｔEsｓences”;
Heｉs noｔeｊｅctｅd fｒｏｍｆrｕition ofwhat heｈasｄone．
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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，强其骨。常使民无知无欲。使夫知不敢弗为而已，则无不治。
Oｒratheｒthe “Dａｒkｅr thaｎany Mｙsterｙ”,
The Doｏｒwaｙwhenｃe issued allＳecret Eｓsenｃｅs.
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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。
ThｅWａyｔhatｃaｎbe tｏld oｆisnｏt anUｎｖａｒyiｎｇWay;
Ｔhe names that can beｎamed arenoｔ ｕnvarｙｉngｎameｓ．
They darｅnoｔintｅｒfｅre.
Yet throuｇh his aｃtｉｏｎlesｓacｔivitｙａll thｉｎgｓareｄuｌｙrｅgulateｄ．
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。
Itis bｅcauｓe every oneｕnｄerＨeavenｒecoｇｎｉzes beａuty asｂeauty，
Thａt tｈe idｅａof uｇlinessｅxiｓts．
And equallｙif eｖery onｅrecogｎiｚｅd virｔuｅasｖirtue,
this wouldｍerelycreate freshcｏｎceptiｏnｓofｗickeｄnesｓ．
Foｒtruly，Beｉng anｄNot－bｅinｇgｒｏw out of onｅanotｈｅr;
He thatｈａs nｅvｅrｒidｈimsｅlｆof deｓｉre canｓeeｏnｌｙｔheOｕtcomes.
Thesｅtｗｏｔｈingsisｓuedfromthｅsamｅmould, bｕtｎeｖerthelｅss are diffｅｒｅnt in name．
Ｔhis“sameｍouｌd” wecaｎbut cａlltheＭysterｙ,
《道德经》汉英对照-(Wａlｅy-译本)
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《道德经》汉英对照(Wａley译本)
老子著
ArｔhurWalｅｙ英译
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