Waley
As for the things that from of old have understood the Whole — The sky through such understanding remains limpid, Earth remains steady, The spirits keep their holiness, The abyss is replenished, The ten thousand creatures bear their kind, Barons and princes direct their people. It is the Whole that causes it. Were it not so limpid, the sky would soon get torn, Were is not for steadiness, the earth would soon tip over, Were it not for their holiness, the spirit would soon wither away. (…)
Excertos de obras literárias, cênicas e gráficas, além de crítica literária, com foco no imaginal mitográfico, lendário e fantástico.
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XXXIX - Le principe de la simplicité
25 de fevereiro de 2018 -
Michel Henry: le corps et la chair
25 de fevereiro de 2018Original
Un corps inerte semblable à ceux qu’on trouve dans l’univers matériel — ou encore qu’on peut construire en utilisant les processus matériels arrachés à celui-ci, en les organisant et en les combinant selon les lois de la physique -, un tel corps ne sent et n’éprouve rien. Il ne se sent pas et ne s’éprouve pas lui-même, il ne s’aime ni ne se désire. Encore moins sent-il ou éprouve-t-il, aime-t-il ou désire-t-il aucune des choses qui l’entourent. Selon la remarque profonde de (…) -
XXXVIII - La Vertu supérieure ne fait pas valoir sa vertu
23 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
The man of highest “power” does not reveal himself as a possessor of “power”; Therefore he keeps his “power”. The man of inferior “power” cannot rid it of the appearance of “power”; Therefore he is in truth without “power”. The man of highest “power” neither acts nor is there any who so regards him; The man of inferior “power” both acts and is so regarded. The man of highest humanity, though he acts, is not regarded; Whereas a man of even the highest morality both acts and is so (…) -
XXXVII - La Voie paraît n’agir pas
23 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
Tao never does; Yet through it all things are done. If the barons and kings would but possess themselves of it, The ten thousand creatures would at once be transformed. And if having been transformed they should desire to act, We must restrain them by the blankness of the Unnamed. The blankness of the Unnamed Brings dispassion; To be dispassionate is to be still. And so, of itself, the whole empire will be at rest.
Wieger
A. Le Principe est toujours non agissant (n’agit pas (…) -
XXXVI - Le plus appelle le moins
23 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
What is in the end to be shrunk Must first be stretched. Whatever is to be weakened Must begin by being made strong. What is to be overthrown Must begin by being set up. He who would be a taker Must begin as a giver. This is called “dimming” one’s light. It is thus that the soft overcomes the hard And the weak, the strong. “It is best to leave the fish down in his pool; Best to leave the State’s sharpest weapons wherenone can see them.”
Wieger
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XXXV - L’homme parfait présente l’image de la Voie
23 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
He who holding the Great From goes about his work in the empire Can go about his, yet do no harm. All is peace, quietness and security. Sound of music, smell of good dishes Will make the passing stranger pause. How difference the words that Tao gives forth! So thin, so flavourless! If one looks for Tao, there is nothing solid to see; If one listens for it, there is nothing loud enough to hear. Yet if one uses it, it is inexhaustible.
Wieger
A. Parce qu’il ressemble au grand (…) -
XXXIV - Que la grande Voie est ambiguë
23 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
Great Tao is like a boat that drifts; It can go this way; it can go that. The ten thousand creatures owe their existence to it and it does not disown them; Yet having produced them, it does not take possession of them. Makes no claim to be master over them, (And asks for nothing from them.) Therefore it may be called the Lowly. The ten thousand creatures obey it, Though they know not that they have a master; Therefore it is called the Great. So too the Sage just because he never at (…) -
XXXIII - Qui se connaît soi-même est éclairé
23 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
To understand others is to have knowledge; To understand oneself is to be illumined. To conquer others needs strength; To conquer oneself is harder still. To be content with what one has is to be rich. He that works through violence may get his way; But only what stays in its place Can endure. When one dies one is not lost, there is no other longevity.
Wieger
A. Connaître les autres, c’est sagesse ; mais se connaître soi même, c’est sagesse supérieure, (la nature propre étant (…) -
XXXII - Le Tao n’a pas de nom propre
23 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
Tao is eternal, but has no fame (name); The Uncarved Block, though seemingly of small account, Is greater than anything that is under heaven. If kings and barons would but possess themselves of it, The ten thousand creatures would flock to do them homage; Heaven-and-earth would conspire To send Sweet Dew, Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony. Once the block is carved, there will be names, And so soon as there are names, Know that it is time to stop. Only by knowing (…) -
XXXI - Contre la guerre
23 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
Fine weapons are none the less ill-omened things. (People despise them, therefore, Those in possession of the Tao do not depend on them.) That is why, among people of good birth, In peace the left-hand side is the place of honour, But in war this is reversed and the right-hand side is the place of honour. (Weapons are ill-omened things, which the superior man should not depend on. When he has no choice but to use them, The best attitude is to retain tranquil and peaceful.) The (…)
