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第四章 道沖,而用之或不盈。 淵兮,似萬物之宗; 挫其銳,解其紛,和其光,同其塵。 湛兮,似或存。 吾不知誰之子,象帝之先。 釋義與解說: 「沖」者,虛也。道體雖虛,而用之不盈,永無窮盡。 深...
ch3
第三章 不尚賢,使民不爭; 不貴難得之貨,使民不為盜; 不見可欲,使心不亂。 是以聖人之治,虛其心,實其腹,弱其志,強其骨。 常使民無知無欲,使夫智者不敢為也。 為無為,則無不治。 釋義與解說...
ch2
第二章 天下皆知美之為美,斯惡已; 皆知善之為善,斯不善已。 故有無相生,難易相成,長短相形,高下相傾,音聲相和,前後相隨。 是以聖人處無為之事,行不言之教; 萬物作焉而不辭,生而不有,為而不恃...
ch1
第一章 道可道,非常道;名可名,非常名。 無名,天地之始;有名,萬物之母。 故常無欲以觀其妙,常有欲以觀其徼。 此兩者同出而異名,同謂之玄,玄之又玄,眾妙之門。 字解: 道:是道理。 可道:是...
preface
道德經白話解說(上篇) 山東歷城童子 江希張 識 Vernacular Explanation of the Dao De Jing (Upper Volume) By Jiang Xizhan...
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道德經白話解說自序 小子幸生世界進化、器學發明的時代。 水有輸船,陸有火車,騰空有飛機,沉水有潛艇,直是五洲如一家,萬國如一室。 況且所用、所見、所聽的一切機器,沒有不便利、不精美的,幸會多多,...
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道德經白話解說序 老子者,道德開始,存神過化,無始無終,一大至人也。 孔子者,生民未有,教集大成,無古無今,一大聖人也。 江神童希張者,則叉世紀穎悟絕倫,天人交徹,無無外,一大解人也。 唯大解人...
Chapter 12: We See What We Have Within
Whenever we think of Buddha, our thoughts also turn to the opposite of a Buddha—the sentient bein...
Chapter 11: Human Nature
In the San Zi Jing it is written: In its original state, human nature is kind and pure. In the b...
Chapter 10: Why a Kind Person Still Needs to Receive Dao
As human beings living between heaven and earth, we are blessed with all kinds of grace. Heaven u...
Chapter 9: The Story of the Kew Chow Master and Bai
We now live in a time when Dao can be part of our family life. It is no longer necessary for us t...
Chapter 8: The True Self and the False Self
In the previous chapters so far we have come to understand that the soul is the owner and governi...
Chapter 7: The Meaning of Life, Birth, Aging, Sickness, and Death
There was once a wise Chinese man named Zhang Liang, who said: Being human is difficult. A human...
Chapter 4: The Story of How Emperor Hwang Xuan Yuan Received Dao
In the past, people who wanted to receive Dao had to forsake their families and their worldly pur...
Chapter 6: The Preciousness of Dao
The world is constantly changing. As time goes by, all people and societies seem to negate themse...
Chapter 3: The Meaning of Receiving Dao
After "The Essence of Dao," and "The Relationship between Dao and Humankind," we can understand t...
Chapter 2: Dao and Human Beings
Although we have begun to study the essence of Dao, we may still find that there are some aspects...
Chapter 1: What is Dao?
There is no doubt that we are among the most fortunate group of people in the world today. Why is...
Chapter 5: Why Dao Is Commonly Descended to This World
New Dao relatives and people who are just beginning to get in touch with the Dao often ask what r...