首页 道家 老子道德经(英译本)Lao Tze

41. Following

  when the great man learns the way, he follows it with diligence;

  when the common man learns the way, he follows it on occasion;

  when the mean man learns the way, he laughs out loud;

  those who do not laugh, do not learn at all.

  therefore it is said:

  who understands the way seems foolish;

  who progresses on the way seems to fail;

  who follows the way seems to wander.

  for the finest harmony appears plain;

  the brightest truth appears coloured;

  the richest character appears incomplete;

  the bravest heart appears meek;

  the simplest nature appears inconstant. the square, perfected, has no corner;

  music, perfected, has no melody;

  love, perfected, has no climax;

  art, perfected, has no meaning.

  the way can be neither sensed nor known:

  it transmits sensation and transcends knowledge.

  

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