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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...