Waley
The Sage has no heart of his own; He uses the heart of the people as his heart. Of the good man I approve, But of the bad I also approve, And thus he gets goodness. The truthful man I believe, but the liar I also believe, And thus he gets truthfulness. The Sage, in the dealings with the world, seems like one dazed with fright; For the world’s sake be dulls his wits. The Hundred Families all the time strain their eyes and ears, The Sage all the time sees and hears no more than an (…)
Excertos de obras literárias, cênicas e gráficas, além de crítica literária, com foco no imaginal mitográfico, lendário e fantástico.
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XLIX - le Sage est sans émotion
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XLVIII - Celui qui pratique la Voie diminue chaque jour
25 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
Learning consists in adding to one’s stock day by day; The practice of Tao consists in “subtracting day by day, Subtracting and yet again subtracting Till one has reached inactivity. But by this very inactivity Everything can be activated.” Those who of old won the adherence of all who live under heaven All did so not interfering. Had they interfered, They would never have won this adherence.
Wieger
A. Par l’étude, on multiplie chaque jour (dans sa mémoire les notions (…) -
XLVII - Plus on sort loin, moins on connaît
25 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
Without leaving his door He knows everything under heaven. Without looking out of his window He knows all the ways of heaven. For the further one travels The less one knows. Therefore the Sage arrives without going, Sees all without looking, Does nothing, yet achieves everything.
Wieger
A. Sans sortir par la porte, on peut connaître tout le monde ; sans regarder par la fenêtre, on peut se rendre compte des voies du ciel (principes qui régissent toutes choses). — Plus on va (…) -
XLVI - Savoir qu’assez est assez
25 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
When there is Tao in the empire The galloping steeds are turned back to fertilize the ground by their droppings. When there is not Tao in the empire War horses will be reared even on the sacred mounds below the city walls. (No lure is greater than to possess what others want,) No disaster greater than not to be content with what one has, No presage of evil greater than men should be wanting to get more. Truly: “He who has once known the contentment that comes simply through being (…) -
XLV - La vie retirée du Sage rectifie tout
25 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
What is most perfect seems to have something missing; Yet its use is unimpaired. What is most full seems empty; Yet its use will never fail. What is most straight seems crooked; The greatest skill seems like clumsiness, The greatest eloquence like stuttering. Movement overcomes cold; But staying still overcomes heat. So he by his limpid calm Puts right everything under heaven.
Wieger
A. Accompli, sous des dehors imparfaits, et donnant sans s’user. Rempli, sans le paraître, et (…) -
XLIV - Le modéré ne périt pas
25 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
Fame or one’s own self, which matters to one most? One’s own self or things bought, which should count most? In the getting or the losing, which is worse? Hence he who grudges expense pays dearest in the end; He who has hoarded most will suffer the heaviest loss. Be content with what you have and are, and no one can despoil you; Who stops in time nothing can harm. He is forever safe and secure.
Wieger
A. Le corps n’est il pas plus important que la renommée ? La vie n’est elle (…) -
XLIII - Le Non agir a de l’avantage
25 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
What is of all things most yielding Can overwhelm that which is of all things most hard. Being substanceless it can enter even where is no space; That is how I know the value of action that is actionless. But that there can be teaching without words, Value in action that is actionless, Few indeed can understand.
Wieger
A. Partout et toujours, c’est le mou qui use le dur (l’eau use la pierre). Le non être pénètre même là où il n’y a pas de fissure (les corps les plus homogènes, (…) -
XLII - Un a produit deux ; deux ont produit trois ...
25 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
Tao gave birth to the One; The One gave birth successively to two things, Three things, up to ten thousand. These ten thousand creatures cannot turn their backs to the shade Without having the sun on their bellies, And it is on this blending of the breaths that their harmony depends.
To be orphaned, needy, ill-provided is what men most hate; Yet princes and dukes style themselves so.
Truly, “things are often increased by seeking to diminish them And diminished by seeking to (…) -
XLI - Quand on entend le Tao...
25 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
When the man of highest capacities hears Tao He does his best to put it into practice. When the man of middling capacity hears Tao He is in two minds about it. When the man of low capacity hears Tao He laughs loudly at it. If he did not laugh, it would not be worth the name of Tao. Therefore the proverb has it: “The way out into the light often looks dark, The way that goes ahead often looks as if it went back.” The way that is least hilly often looks as if it went up and down, The (…) -
XL: Le cercle, voilà le mouvement de la Voie
25 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
In Tao the only motion is returning; The only useful quality, weakness. For though all creatures under heaven are the products of Being, Being itself is the product of Not-being.
Wieger
A. Le retour en arrière (vers le Principe), est la forme de mouvement caractéristique de ceux qui se conforment au Principe. L’atténuation est l’effet que produit en eux leur conformation au Principe.
B. Considérant que tout ce qui est, est né de l’être simple, et que l’être est né du non être (…)
