Waley
(To requite injuries with good deeds.) To allay the main discontent, But only in a manner that will certainly produce further discontents can hardly be called successful.
Therefore the Sage behaves like the holder of the left-hand tally, Who stays where he is and does not go round making claims on people.
For he who has the “power” of Tao is the Grand Almoner; He who has not the “power” is the Grand Perquisitor. “It is Heaven’s way, without distinction of persons, To keep the (…)
Excertos de obras literárias, cênicas e gráficas, além de crítica literária, com foco no imaginal mitográfico, lendário e fantástico.
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LXXIX - L’homme qui suit la Voie ne redoute rien
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LXXVIII - L’eau, le plus souple et le plus faible
27 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
Nothing under heaven is softer or more yielding than water; But when it attacks things hard and resistant there is not one of them that can prevail. For they can find no way of altering it.
That the yielding conquers the resistant And the soft conquers the hard is a fact known by all men, Yet utilized by none.
Yet it is in reference to this that the Sage said “Only he who has accepted the dirt of the country can be lord of its soil shrines; Only he who takes upon himself the (…) -
LXXVII - L’homme qui suit la Voie est semblable à un arc
27 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
Heaven’s way is like the bending of a bow. When a bow is bent the top comes down and the bottom-end comes up.
So too does Heaven take away from those who have too much, And give to those that have not enough. But if it is Heaven’s way to take from those who have too much And give to those who have not enough, this is far from being man’s way. He takes away from those that have not-enough in order To make offering to those who already have too much. One there is and one only, so (…) -
LXXVI - L’avantage est toujours au souple et au faible
27 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
When he is born, man is soft and weak; In death he becomes stiff and hard. The ten thousand creatures and all plants And trees while they are alive are supple and soft, But when and dead they become brittle and dry. Truly, what is stiff and hard is a “companion of death”; What is soft and weak is a “companion of life”. Therefore “the weapon that is too hard will be broken, The tree that has the hardest wood will be cut down”. Truly, the hard and mighty are cast down; The soft and (…) -
LXXV - La sagesse de ne rien faire pour vivre
27 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.
The people are difficult to keep in order because those above them interfere. That is the only reason why they are so difficult to keep in order. The people attach no importance to death, Because those above them are too grossly absorbed in the pursuit of life. That is why they attach no importance to death. And indeed, in that their hearts are so little set on life They are (…) -
LXXIV - La peine de mort
27 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
The people are not frightened of death. What then is the use of trying to intimidate them with the death-penalty?
And even supposing people were generally frightened of death And did not regard it as an everyday thing, Which of us would dare to seize them and slay them?
There is the Lord of Slaughter always ready for this task, And to do it in his stead is like thrusting oneself into the master-carpenter’s place And doing his chipping for him. Now “he who tries to do the (…) -
LXXIII - Le filet du ciel enserre tout
27 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
He whose braveness lies in daring, slays. He whose braveness lies in not daring , gives life. Of these two, either may be profitable or unprofitable. But “Heaven hates what it hates; None can know the reason why”. Wherefore the Sage, too, disallows it. For it is the way of Heaven not to strive but none the less to conquer, Not to speak, but none the less to get an answer, Not to beckon; yet things come to it of themselves. Heaven is like one who says little, yet none the less has (…) -
LXXII - Le Sage discerne...
27 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
Never mind if the people are not intimidated by your authority. A Mightier Authority will deal with them in the end. Do not narrow their dwelling or harass their lives; And for the very reason that you do not harass them, They will cease to turn from you. Therefore the Sage knows himself but does not show himself. Knows his own value, but does not put himself on high. Truly, he rejects that but takes this”.
Wieger
A. Ceux là se perdent, qui ne craignent pas, alors qu’ils (…) -
LXXI - Savoir et ne pas prévoir
27 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
“To know when one does not know is best. To think one knows when one does not know is a dire disease. Only he who recognizes this disease as a disease Can cure himself of the disease. The Sage’s way of curing disease Also consists in making people recognize their diseases as diseases And thus ceasing to be diseased.
Wieger
A. Tout savoir et croire qu’on ne sait rien, voilà le vrai savoir (la science supérieure). Ne rien savoir et croire qu’on sait tout, voilà le mal commun des (…) -
LXX - Nos paroles sont très faciles à comprendre
27 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
My words are very easy to understand And very easy to put into practice. Yet no one under heaven understands them; No one puts them into practice. But my words have an ancestry, my deeds have a lord; And it is precisely because men do not understand this That they are unable to understand me. Few then understand me, but it is upon this very fact my value depends. It is indeed in this sense that “the Sage wears hair-cloth on top, But carries jade underneath his dress.”
Wieger
A. (…)
