Composed more than 2,000 years ago during a turbulent period of Chinese history, the Dao de jing set forth an alternative vision of reality in a world torn apart by violence and betrayal. Daoism, as this subtle but enduring philosophy came to be known, offers a comprehensive view of experience grounded in a full understanding of the wonders hidden in the ordinary. Now in this luminous new translation, based on the recently discovered ancient bamboo scrolls, China scholars Roger T. (...) Ames and David L. Hall bring the timeless wisdom of the Dao de jing into our contemporary world. Though attributed to Laozi, “the Old Master,” the Dao de jing is, in fact, of unknown authorship and may well have originated in an oral tradition four hundred years before the time of Christ. Eschewing philosophical dogma, the Dao de jing set forth a series of maxims that outlined a new perspective on reality and invited readers to embark on a regimen of self-cultivation. In the Daoist world view, each particular element in our experience sends out an endless series of ripples throughout the cosmos. The unstated goal of the Dao de jing is self-transformation–the attainment of personal excellence that flows from the world and back into it. Responding to the teachings of Confucius, the Dao de jing revitalizes moral behavior by recommending a spontaneity made possible by the cultivated “habits” of the individual. In this elegant volume, Ames and Hall feature the original Chinese texts of the Dao de jing and translate them into crisp, chiseled English that reads like poetry. Each of the eighty-one brief chapters is followed by clear, thought-provoking commentary exploring the layers of meaning in the text. The book’s extensive introduction is a model of accessible scholarship in which Ames and Hall consider the origin of the text, place the emergence of Daoist philosophy in its historical and political context, and outline its central tenets. The Dao de jing is a work of timeless wisdom and beauty, as vital today as it was in ancient China. This new version will stand as both a compelling introduction to the complexities of Daoist thought and as the classic modern English translation. (shrink)

This essay questions the meaning of be-ing and non-be-ing in the DDJ with regard to the root-source meaning of dao. I first explore the meaning of dao as the dark non-be-ing, revealing the connotations of the distinction between dao and things by comparison with some forms of Western metaphysics. The meaning of non-be-ing is elaborated in terms of the dynamic meanings of xu 虚 and chong 沖; The play between be-ing and non-be-ing is explored through the lens of yin and (...) yang qi thinking. Qi thinking determines the mutually manifest and mutually interpretive characteristic of be-ing and non-be-ing. Be-ing and non-be-ing thus understood is an ever-flowing and mutually transforming process that penetrates the different levels of dao, things and humans. In the last part I investigate the meaning of “Be-ing comes from non-be-ing”. (shrink)

Includes the complete Dao de jing in English and its original Chinese text, as well as the translator's commentary and analysis of each chapter.

China is a country with a long-standing and rich history. This rich history is also expressed in its cultural, religious and philosophical diversity. One of China’s most prominent and influential philosophical strands is Daoism, which is still practiced today despite the political turmoil of the 20th century. It came into existence at roughly the same time as Confucianism. This paper focuses on a particular work of the Daoist canon, which at the same time is one of its most prominent ones: (...) The Dao De Jing by Laozi. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate in how far the virtues described in the Dao De Jing are applicable in a business context. Thereby this paper presents a first draft to turn the Dao De Jing into a “virtue ethics for business” by a thorough and comprehensive analysis of all 81 chapters based on drawing on eight different translations. (shrink)

本书分九章,内容包括:逍遥自在的人生智慧;胸怀天下的忍者之心;行如流水的无形心态;积水成渊的成事智慧;道法自然的处世箴言;顺其自然的发展规律;超然脱俗的真挚情感;得民心者的治理之要;行之有效的领导智慧 。.

A fresh, graceful translation of one of the most important and timeless classics-the foundational work of Daoism-by award-winning novelist Ken Liu, who contextualizes and demystifies this famously enigmatic text. Laozi's Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized ideology over experience. By speaking out against the cleverness of elites and the arrogance of the learned, Laozi upheld the (...) wisdom of the concrete, the humble, the quotidian, the everyday individual dismissed by the great powers of the world. Earthy, playful, and defiant, Laozi's words gave solace to souls back then, and offer comfort today. Now, this beautifully designed new edition serves as both an accessible new translation of an ancient Chinese classic and a fascinating account of renowned novelist Ken Liu's transformative experience while wrestling with the classic text. Throughout this translation, Liu takes us through his own struggles to capture the meaning in Laozi's text in a series of thoughtful and provocative interstitial entries. Unlike traditional notes that purport to be objective, these entries are explicitly personal and unapologetically subjective. Gradually, as Liu learns that true wisdom cannot be pinned down in words, the notes grow sparser until they fade away entirely. His journey suggests the only way out of struggle is to engage with texts that have survived the millennia, wrestling with ideas that gesture at something eternal, in hopes that we might eventually reach that moment of transcendent joy. Liu's translation, by eschewing cleverness, paradoxically reveals the slipperiness of Laozi's original. The Dao De Jing has been translated countless times and will be translated countless times in the future. In that constant change and flow, we finally find our home in Dao, the eternal principle that allows us, finite beings in time and space, to reckon and reconcile with the infinite. (shrink)

中國五千來最偉大的思想 紛擾世道下的一盞明燈，政治家必讀。價值觀錯亂中的指北針，上班族必備。啟迪智慧開闊心靈良方，人人都要看。 被譯成百餘種文字流向全世界每個角落，已成為世界哲學寶典之一。德國哲學家黑格爾、俄國偉大的作家托爾斯泰都曾經翻譯過《道德經》。在西方《道德經》是除《聖經》以外，世界經典名著中被譯成外國文字發行量最多的。 《道德經》又叫做《老子》，因為全文共約五千字，又稱《老子五千言》，是中國哲學史上第一部具有完整哲學體系的書籍，是歷朝歷代學者已經研究了兩千多年的一部鉅著。其思想的傳播，對整個中華民族的思想有著深遠的影 響。它的內容涉及哲學、文學、美學、醫學、軍事學、社會學、倫理學、天文學、養生學，被譽為「萬經之王」。.

Following Deleuze’s analysis of expressivity, this article approaches the two opening aphorisms of the Dao De Jing 道德經 as two movements of a triadic differentiation of expressive elements. These aphorisms are further presented within four Deleuzean paradoxes which necessarily accompany linguistic expression. Simultaneously, the opening lines are also analyzed as philosophical problems which constitute the core of the Daoist project itself within which the unthinkable or ineffable must be conceived of not as conditioned by privation or negation, but as (...) being located within the movement of differentiation which is by nature positive and creative. As the paper shows, the linguistic involvement here is not one of discrimination but of a fundamentally dynamic immersion in problematic thought which underlies the mechanism of sense-making. This dynamism is presupposed by the disequilibrium between what expresses itself and its expressions, which is the birthplace of sense as the expressed. Our analysis of the latter is unfolded through an analogy drawn between Daoist and Spinozian expressionism supported by Deleuze’s study on Spinoza. (shrink)

本书的目的只是告诉人们一个真相:就是宇宙中存在一个东西,一个亘古存在,永不变化的存有.它无变化,无生灭,无颜色,无来去,但万物又都离不开它.老子把它叫作"道",佛祖把它叫作"本来面目".这个本来面目是 自己的,也是整个宇宙的,人人都可以认识.书中告诉你宇宙中有大道,而人是能够悟得大道的精灵.

Bibliografía seleccionada y comentada sobre Taoísmo Clásico : Dao De Jing.

This paper, a cross-cultural exploration of the Chinese text Dao De Jing, retools Derrida's différance and his questions around the ‘relevant’ translation as a way to deepen an understanding of the heterogeneous and ambiguous aspects of ‘Dao ’, ‘De ’, ‘Qian ’ and Kun. While tracing the etymological roots and evolutions of these Chinese characters that are key to the spirit of Dao De Jing, this paper highlights its polysemic ambiguity and moral productivity, in particular, and shows, with (...) Derrida, how one can benefit from paying deconstructive attention to the “body” of the text that endures the test of time such as acts of translation. (shrink)

本书写作受中山大学人文社会科学发展基金重大项目资助,本书出版受华夏英才基金资助。.

内容包括:教师道德的形成和发展,教师道德的基本原则和规范,教师道德与依法执教,教师道德建设与教师心理素质,教师道德评价,外国教师道德教育的做法与经验。.

本书论述了儒家的社会理想、儒家的政治理想、儒家政治行为模式、儒家道德精神批判以及宋明理学式道德人格批判等问题。.

Intertextuality (mutual illustration) is a common rhetorical device in ancient Chinese and has been used many times in Laozi (Dao Dejing). Intertextuality (mutual illustration) is of unique significance for understanding the linguistic structure and philosophical thoughts of Lao-zi. According to the current research on mutual illustration rhetoric on ancient Chinese, the forms of this rhetoric in Laozi can be divided into mutual illustration of single sentence, of multiple sentences and of ellipsis and antisense. There are only two references to mutual (...) illustration in the annotations of Laozi in the past dynasties, and most of the commentators ignore the importance of mutual illustration in understanding Laozi. By interpreting Laozi through mutual illustration rhetoric, we can make innovations in understanding methods, understanding contents and philosophical thoughts. (shrink)

本書對先秦諸子學術做了一結構性研究，為有興趣深入了解中國傳統學術和社會的讀者提供了一個整體性的圖景和學習的直觀捷徑。先秦諸子學術主要內容，道，德，仁，義，禮，刑，兵，外德（得）諸範疇，與西方不同學術之 間互相否定不同，其主要關係是相互聯繫與支持。先秦諸子的學術，是一有機整體，此整體使中國人在漫長歷史中，能夠處理各種社會問題，因應社會的變遷變亂而有所發展，更為此後兩千年的學術發展提供了線索。 本書對《莊子．逍遙遊》中「小大之辯」提出了新解，指出墨子是道家與兵家法家聯繫的關鍵，從而第一次將先秦百家真正聯繫起來成為一個系統。並將以上範疇合為一圖，以展示出其間的相互關係，討論了它們與社會（人道） 的盈虛消長的關係，並涉及現代環境下，傳統學術之用。.

本书分教化的源流和内涵、教化的基础和旨归、教化的现状和使命三篇。记录了作者从前辈大师那里所受到的教诲,对学业上的开示和道德人格上的感召等。.

本书以清新、通俗、思辩的笔调阐述中国智慧的内在精神、基本架构,并对儒家、道家、墨家、法家智慧以及和中国传统智慧向现代化的转化进行了梳理和探讨。.