[转载]《道德经》第1章英译比读 -赵彦春/许渊冲/James Legge
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欣赏论道。老子的《道德经》可认为是研读中国宗经《周易（经）》的读后感、结合生命体验成就的论著。赵彦春老师此章节的翻译，就领会变化之道之于字符音符、个人以为超过许渊冲教授此章节的翻译。然推介翻译中国经典文本均是好事，比较探索求真当为学人之本。众妙之门，曰阴阳、刚柔、男女？曰周0易1，或有无？生命于起点、终点复杂，是谓太极？况乎一些假借的学问，和道乃存。
《道德经》英译比读(1)
James
Legge/许渊冲/赵彦春
道可道，非常道。名可名，非常名。无名，天地之始也；有名，万物之母也。故恒无欲也，以观其眇；恒有欲也，以观其所徼。两者同出，异名同谓。玄之又玄，众眇之门。
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“道”如果可以用言语来表述，那它就是常“道”(“道”是可以用言语来表述的，它并非一般的“道”)；“名”如果可以用文辞去命名，那它就是常“名”(“名”也是可以说明的，它并非普通的“名”)。“无”可以用来表述天地浑沌未开之际的状况；而“有”，则是宇宙万物产生之本原的命名。因此，要常从“无
”中去观察领悟“道”的奥妙；要常从“有”中去观察体会“道”的端倪。无与有这两者，来源相同而名称相异，都可以称之为玄妙、深远。它不是一般的玄妙、深奥，而是玄妙又玄妙、深远又深远，是宇宙天地万物之奥妙的总门(从“有名”的奥妙到达无形的奥妙，“道”是洞悉一切奥妙变化的门径)。
The Tao And Its
Characteristics
James Legge
The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and
unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and
unchanging name.
(Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of
Heaven and earth; (conceived of as)having a name, it is the Mother
of all things.
Always without desire we must
be found,
If its deep mystery we
would sound;
But if desire always within
us be
Its outer fringe is all
that we shall see
Under these two aspects, it
is really the same; but
as development
takes place, it receives the
different names. Together we
call them
the Mystery. Where the Mystery
is the deepest is the
gate of all that
is subtle and wonderful
许渊冲
The divine law may be spoken of,
but it is not the common law.
Things may be named,
but names are not the things.
In the beginning heaven and earth are nameless;
when named, all things become known.
So we should be free from desires
in order to understand the internal
mystery of the divine law;
and we should have desires
in order to observe its external manifestations.
Internal mystery and external manifestations
come from the same origin,
but have different names,
They may be called essence.
The essential of the essence
is the key to the understanding of all mysteries.
The Word and the World
赵彦春
The Word that can be worded is not the Word per
se
The Name that can be named is not the Name
proper
Void of a name is the beginning of
Heaven and earth
Real with a name is the mother of all
things
Being eternally void is the access to subtlety
Being eternally real is the approach to
boundedness
The two are of the same origin, the same but with
different names
The profound of the profoundest is the entrance to all
subtleties.
