老子说 智者的低语 The Dao Speaks Whispers of Wisdom
生命的大智慧 The Wisdom of Life
老子其犹龙乎 Is Not Laozi Like the Dragon
部分 Part Ⅰ 道(上篇) The Way
道可道,非常道 The Dao That Can't Be Spoken
有无相生 The Theory of Relativity
无为 Favors
道冲 The Dao Is Empty
刍狗 Straw Dogs
天地 Our World Eternal
上善若水 Virtue Resembles Water
持而盈之 The Overflowing Cup
营魄抱一 Body and Soul
无 The Empty Cup
无欲 Boundless Desires
宠辱 Honor's Disgrace
守静 Maintaining Tranquillity
太上 The Invisible King
仁义 Regression into Benevolence
绝学 Living With the Dao
曲则全 Bend Don’t Break
胜而不美 Victory Is Not Proud
自知 Overcoming Yourself
执“大道” Holding on to the Dao
以柔克刚 The Strength of Weakness
第二部分 Part Ⅱ 道(下篇) The Way
玄牝 The Mysterious Female
无物 The Dao is Indistinct
古之得“道”者 Daoists of Old
绝圣弃智 The Artifi Role Model
道之为物 Reality of the Dao
希言自然 The Wanton Ruler
企者不立 The Exhibitionist
有物浑成 The Beginning
处重守静 The Serious Ruler
善行无辙迹 Sagely Conseroation
为天下 Confluence of the World
欲取天下 A Natural Government
不矜不伐 War and Force
本诸自然 ANatural Balance
大道·兮 The Dao Nurtures
道常无为 The Natural Ruler
第三部分 Part Ⅲ 德(上篇) The Virtue
上德无为 Superior Virtue Is Not Virtue
有生于无 Getting Something From Nothing
道生万物 Unioersal Harmony
至柔 Soft Wil Overcome
知足不辱 The Risk of Seeking Fame and Fortune
欲得 There Is No Greater Crime
不行而知 Don't Go Out
无为 In Pursuit of Non-action
圣人 The Ideal Leader
兕虎 ATiger May Be Vicious
玄同 One Who Speaks Does Not Know
无欲自朴 The More Laws There Are
烹小鲜 Frying Fish
乐推 Navigating the State
不争 The Good General
知知 The Know-it-all
不争善胜 Contend By Not Contending
草木 Tree vs. Grass
水石 Water vs. Rock
予而不取 It's Better to Gioe Than to Receive
圣人不积 The More You Give, the More You Get
第四部分 Part Ⅳ 德(下篇) The Virtue
得一者 Obtaining the One
士闻道 The Leoel Path
大成若缺 A Model for the World
道生之,德畜之 Profound Virtue
天下有始 The Doors of Perception
大道 The Great Path
善建者不拔 Cultioating Virtue
含德之厚 An Infant's Virtue
奇正无端 There Is No Justice
俭啬 Frugality
大者宜为下 The Lowly Superpower
道者万物之奥 Prizing the Dao
多易必多难 Easing Difficulties
慎终如始 Planning and Perseverance
以愚治国 Mysterious Virtue
三宝 The Three Treastures
用兵 Warfare
圣人怀玉 Heart of Jade
民不畏威 Tyranny
代大匠· Standing In for the Carpenter
民之饥 Starvation and Taxes
天道犹张弓 The Drawn Bow
小国寡民 The Ideal Country
第五部分 Part Ⅴ 诸子谈黄老经 Ancient Thinkers Discuss the Dao
道可道,非常道。 If the Dao can be explained, it is not the constant Dao.
名可名,非常名。 If a name can be named, it is not a constant name.
太上,不知有之。 As for the greatest kind of ruler, you don’t even know he's there.
人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。 People follow the earth, the earth follows heaven, heaven follows the Dao, the Dao follows nature.
上德不德,是以有德;下德不失德,是以无德。 People of superior virtue are not so intentionally and are therefore virtuous. People of inferior virtue are intentionally virtuous and are thus not virtuous.
祸莫大于不知足,咎莫大于欲得。 There is no greater disaster than discontentment. There is no greater crime than greed.
知者不言,言者不知 One who knows does not speak, One who speaks does not know.
天下多忌讳,而民弥贫;朝多利器,国家滋昏;人多伎巧,奇物滋起。 The more prohibitions there flre, the poorer the people will be. The more weapons there are, the more discordant it will be. The more cunning people are, the more wickedness there will be.
善为士者,不武;善战者,不怒;善胜敌者,不与。 A good general is not excessively violent, A good soldier is not easily angered, A good conqueror does not resort to confrontation.
附录·延伸阅读 APPENDIX Further reading