Waley
The fives colours confuse the eye, The fives sounds dull the ear, The five tastes spoil the palate. Excess of hunting and chasing Makes minds go mad. Products that are hard to get Impede their owner’s movements. Therefore the Sage Considers the belly not the eye. Truly, “he rejects that but takes this”.
Wieger
A. La vue des couleurs aveugle les yeux de l’homme. L’audition des sons lui fait perdre l’ouïe. La gustation des saveurs use son goût. La course et la chasse, en (…)
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XII - Renoncer et embrasser
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XI - C’est du non‑sensible que vient l’efficace
20 de fevereiro de 2018Waley
We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel; But it is on the space where there is nothing That the usefulness of the wheel depends. We turn clay to make a vessel; But it is on the space where there is nothing That the usefulness of the vessel depends. We pierce doors and windows to make a house; And it is on these spaces where there is nothing That the usefulness of the house depends. Therefore just as we take advantage of what is, We should recognize the usefulness of what (…) -
Guenther: Being
20 de fevereiro de 2018The primary aim of the experience in the Developing and Fulfillment Stages is to pave the way for insight into Being as it comes as ’thereness’. This Being is not something and, by implication, also not nothing, hence also it is nowhere else than in its ’thereness’. We may note that the word ’in’ here does not mean that its ’Being’ is in [169] something other than itself, like water in a jug, which would turn Being into something. The inadequacy of every language is most conspicuous in this (…)
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X - Laisser les portes du ciel s’ouvrir et se fermer
19 de fevereiro de 2018Arthur Waley
Can you keep the unquiet physical-soul from straying, Hold fast to the Unity, and never quit it? Can you, when concentrating your breath, Make it soft like that of a little child? Can you wipe and cleanse your vision of the Mystery till all is without blur? Can you love the people and rule the land, Yet remain unknown? Can you in opening and shutting the heavenly gates play always the female part? Can your mind penetrate every corner of the land, But you yourself never (…) -
IX - Aucun extrême ne peut être maintenu
19 de fevereiro de 2018Arthur Waley
Stretch a bow to the very full, And you will wish you had stopped in time; Temper a sword-edge to its very sharpest, And you will find it soon grows dull. When bronze and jade fill your hall. It can no longer be guarded. Wealth and place breed insolence. That brings ruin in its train. When your work is done, then withdraw! Such is Heaven’s Way.
Léon Wieger
A. Tenir un vase plein, sans que rien découle, est impossible ; mieux eût valu ne pas le remplir. Conserver (…) -
VIII - La bonté transcendante est comme l’eau
18 de fevereiro de 2018Arthur Waley
The highest good is like that of water. The goodness of is that it benefits the ten thousand creatures; Yet itself does not scramble, But is content with the places that all men disdain. It is this makes water so near to the Way. And if men think the ground the best place for building a house upon, If among thoughts they value those that are profound, If in friendship they value gentleness, In words, truth; in government, good order; In deeds, effectiveness; in actions, (…) -
VII - Le Sage, en reculant...
18 de fevereiro de 2018Arthur Waley
Heaven is eternal, the Earth everlasting. How come they to be so? It is because they do not foster their own lives; That is why they live so long. Therefore the Sage Puts himself in the background; but is always to the fore. Remains outside; but is always there. Is it not just because he does not strive for any personal end That all his personal ends are fulfilled?
Léon Wieger
A. Si le ciel et la terre durent toujours, c’est qu’ils ne vivent pas pour eux‑mêmes. (…) -
VI - La mère mystérieuse de tous les êtres
18 de fevereiro de 2018Arthur Waley
The Valley Spirit never dies. It is named the Mysterious Female. And the doorway of the Mysterious Female Is the base from which Heaven and Earth sprang. It is there within us all the while; Draw upon it as you will, it never runs dry.
Léon Wieger
A. La puissance expansive transcendante qui réside dans l’espace médian, la vertu du Principe, ne meurt pas. Elle est toujours la même, et agit de même, sans diminution ni cessation.
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V - Le ciel et la terre sont inhumains
18 de fevereiro de 2018Arthur Waley
Heaven and Earth are ruthless; To them the Ten Thousand things are but as straw dogs . The Sage too is ruthless; To him the people are but as straw dogs. Yet Heaven and Earth and all that lies between Is like a bellows In that it is empty, but gives a supply that never fails. Work it, and more comes out. Whereas the force of words is soon spent. Far better is it to keep what is in the heart.
Léon Wieger
A. Le ciel et la terre ne sont pas bons, pour les êtres qu’ils (…) -
IV - O Tao é vazio
18 de fevereiro de 2018Arthur Waley
The Way is like an empty vessel That yet may be drawn from Without ever needing to be filled. It is bottomless; the very progenitor of all things in the world. In it all sharpness is blunted, All tangles untied, All glare tempered, All dust soothed. It is like a deep pool that never dries. Was it too the child of something else? We cannot tell. But as a substanceless image it existed before the Ancestor.
Wieger
A. Le Principe foisonne et produit, mais sans se (…)
