道德经全文和注释 (英文版)

Dr.Wayne WANG

80. Utopia
Let your community be small, with only a few people;
Keep tools in abundance, but do not depend upon them;
Appreciate your life and be content with your home;
Sail boats and ride horses, but don't go too far;
Keep weapons and armour, but do not employ them;
Let everyone read and write,
Eat well and make beautiful things.

Live peacefully and delight in your own society;
Dwell within cock-crow of your neighbours,
But maintain your independence from them.

【原文】
       小国寡民。使有什佰之器而不用，使民重死而不远徙。虽有舟车，无所乘之；虽有甲兵，无所陈之。使民复结绳而用之。甘其食，美其服，安其居，乐其俗。邻国相望，鸡犬之声相闻，民至老死，不相往来。

Dr.Wayne WANG

81. The Sage
Honest people use no rhetoric;
Rhetoric is not honesty.
Enlightened people are not cultured;
Culture is not enlightenment.
Content people are not rich;
Riches are not contentment.

So the sage does not serve himself;
The more he does for others, the more he is satisfied;
The more he gives, the more he receives.
Nature flourishes at the expense of no one;
So the sage benefits all men and contends with none.

【原文】
       信言不美，美言不信；
       善者不辩，辩者不善；
       知者不博，博者不知。
       圣人不积。
       既以为人己愈有，既以与人己愈多。
       天之道，利而不害；圣人之道，为而不争。