Friday, July 22, 2005

Chapter 34 第三十四章

第三十四章

  大道泛兮,其可左右。萬物恃之而生而不辭,功成而不名有。衣養萬物而不為主,可名于小﹔萬物歸焉而不為主,可名為大。以其終不自為大,故能成其大。

34. Control
The Way flows and ebbs, creating and destroying,
Implementing all the world, attending to the tiniest details,
Claiming nothing in return.

It nurtures all things,
Though it does not control them;
It has no intention,
So it seems inconsequential.

It is the substance of all things;
Though it does not control them;
It has no exception,
So it seems all-important.

The sage would not control the world;
He is in harmony with the world.


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