五 色 令 人 目 盲 ? 五 音 令 人 耳 聋 ? 五 味 令 人 口 爽 ?
驰 骋 畋 猎 ， 令 人 心 发 狂 ? 难 得 之 货 ， 令 人 行 妨 。
是 以 圣 人 为 腹 不 为 目 ， 故 去 彼 取 此
Colour's five hues from th' eyes their sight will take;
Music's five notes the ears as deaf can make;
The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste;
The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste
Make mad the mind; and objects rare and strange,
Sought for, men's conduct will to evil change.
Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly, and
not the (insatiable longing of the) eyes. He puts from him the
latter, and prefers to seek the former.
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宠 辱 若 惊 ， 贵 大 患 若 身 。
何 谓 宠 辱 若 惊 。
宠 为 下 ， 得 之 若 惊 ， 失 之 若 惊 ， 是 谓 宠 辱 若 惊 。
何 谓 贵 大 患 若 身 。
吾 所 以 有 大 患 者 ， 为 吾 有 身 ，
及 吾 无 身 ， 吾 有 何 患 。
故 贵 以 身 为 天 下 ， 若 可 寄 天 下 ?
爱 以 身 为 天 下 ， 若 可 托 天 下 。
Favour and disgrace would seem equally to be feared; honour and
great calamity, to be regarded as personal conditions (of the same
kind).
What is meant by speaking thus of favour and disgrace? Disgrace is
being in a low position (after the enjoyment of favour). The getting
that (favour) leads to the apprehension (of losing it), and the losing
it leads to the fear of (still greater calamity):--this is what is
meant by saying that favour and disgrace would seem equally to be
feared.
And what is meant by saying that honour and great calamity are to be
(similarly) regarded as personal conditions? What makes me liable to
great calamity is my having the body (which I call myself); if I had
not the body, what great calamity could come to me?
Therefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as he
honours his own person, may be employed to govern it, and he who would
administer it with the love which he bears to his own person may be
entrusted with it.
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视 之 不 见 ， 名 曰 夷 ?
听 之 不 闻 ， 名 曰 希 ?
搏 之 不 得 ， 名 曰 微 。
此 三 者 不 可 致 诘 ， 故 混 而 为 一 。
其 上 不 ? ， 其 下 不 昧 。
绳 绳 兮 不 可 名 ， 复 归 于 物 。
是 谓 无 状 之 状 ， 无 物 之 象 ， 是 谓 惚 恍 。
迎 之 不 见 其 首 ， 随 之 不 见 其 后 。
执 古 之 道 ， 以 御 今 之 有 。
能 知 古 始 ， 是 谓 道 纪 。
We look at it, and we do not see it, and we name it 'the
Equable.' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the
Inaudible.' We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we
name it 'the Subtle.' With these three qualities, it cannot be made
the subject of description; and hence we blend them together and
obtain The One.
Its upper part is not bright, and its lower part is not obscure.
Ceaseless in its action, it yet cannot be named, and then it again
returns and becomes nothing. This is called the Form of the Formless,
and the Semblance of the Invisible; this is called the Fleeting and
Indeterminable.
We meet it and do not see its Front; we follow it, and do not see
its Back. When we can lay hold of the Tao of old to direct the things
of the present day, and are able to know it as it was of old in the
beginning, this is called (unwinding) the clue of Tao.
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