Qiu's Rhetoric(11)

　　Ma Xiaoqiu:Absorb the energy from the Tao

　　中華民族，泱泱大國(guó)，悠悠五千年的文化歷史。五千年，這僅僅是炎黃子孫的史載記錄。五千年前呢？地球是什么時(shí)候生成的？天地是怎樣誕生的？千百年來(lái)，人類(lèi)在不斷探索宇宙奧秘的進(jìn)程中，產(chǎn)生了許多哲學(xué)家、歷史學(xué)家、科學(xué)家……

　　The Chinese nation,the great country,has a 5,000-year cultural history.The five thousand years is just a record of the history of the descendands of Yellow Emperor.What is the five thousand years ago?When did the earth come into being?How was the world born?For thousands of years,during the process of human exploration of the mysteries of the universe,many human philosophers,historians,and scientists have been produced...

　　老子，這位天地所造化的圣人，給我們留下了《道德經(jīng)》。老子僅僅以五千言就揭示了宇宙天地的真理之道：“有物混成，先天地生。寂兮寥兮，獨(dú)立而不改，周行而不殆，可以為天下母。吾不知其名，強(qiáng)字之曰道?！边@個(gè)在天地生成之前就存在的、古往今來(lái)獨(dú)立而永不改變的、周而復(fù)始地運(yùn)行著的混成之物是什么呢？它就是道。道乃無(wú)形無(wú)象，無(wú)色無(wú)味，手摸不著，眼看不見(jiàn)。這種似乎不存在的東西，卻有著無(wú)窮無(wú)盡、不可超越的能量。

　　Lao Tzu,a sage created by the heaven and the earth,left us with the Book of Morals,the"Tao Teh King".Lao Tzu revealed the truth of the universe just five thousand words:“There was something mixed in one nebulous that existed before the heaven and the earth.Silent,isolated,changing not,running around without stopping,it can be the mother of the whole world.But I don’t know its name,just named"Tao".This existence before the heaven and the earth.What is the hybrid that runs before and after the generation of the heaven and the earth,which has been working independently forever and ever since then?"What is the hybrid that operates on a regular basis?It is the Tao.Tao is intangible,colorless and tasteless,untouchable with hands,invisible with eyes.It is seemingly nonexistent thing,but it has infinite,unsurpassed energy.

　　《清凈經(jīng)》借老子之口進(jìn)一步闡述了道的作用：“大道無(wú)形，生育天地；大道無(wú)情，運(yùn)行日月；大道無(wú)名，長(zhǎng)養(yǎng)萬(wàn)物?！庇纱宋覀兠靼琢说赖暮x：無(wú)形的道可以生育天地，無(wú)情的道可以推動(dòng)日月運(yùn)行，無(wú)名的道可以滋養(yǎng)萬(wàn)物的生長(zhǎng)。這種強(qiáng)大而不可戰(zhàn)勝的力量就是道的作用。

　　The"Sutra of Pure and Calm"further elaborated the role of Tao by Lao Tzu:"The Tao is intangible,creating the heaven and the earth;The Tao operates the sun and the moon without affection;The Tao is nameless,cultivating all things of the universe."From this we understand the meaning of Tao:The invisible Tao can create the heaven and the earth.The merciless Tao can promote the operation of the sun and the moon.The nameless Tao can nourish the growth of all things.This powerful and invincible power is the function of the Tao.

　　人可以通過(guò)學(xué)習(xí)和實(shí)踐來(lái)感悟道的存在，并由此獲得道的能量：

　　People can realize the existence of Tao through learning and practice,and gain the energy from the Tao.

　　“大道無(wú)形，生育天地”，道之所以具有生育天地的能量，是因?yàn)榈罒o(wú)形無(wú)象，像虛空一樣，能容納萬(wàn)事萬(wàn)物。人要想具備成功的本領(lǐng)，就要做到無(wú)我、利他，才能成就一切美好的愿望。

　　"The Tao is invisible.It created the heaven and the earth".The reason why the Tao has such an energy to breeding the heaven and the earth is because the Tao is invisible and like the void,and it can accommodate everything.If the people want to have the skills to succeed,they will have to achieve selflessness and altruism in order to achieve all good wishes.

　　“大道無(wú)情，運(yùn)行日月”，道能夠推動(dòng)日月的運(yùn)行，是因?yàn)榈辣緹o(wú)情。這里的無(wú)情是一種無(wú)情勝有情的境界，也就是讓我們不要執(zhí)著于個(gè)人的情愛(ài)，如親情、友情和愛(ài)情。個(gè)人的任何情愛(ài)都是小我，把愛(ài)放大，愛(ài)天下所有人，才能擁有大天下的格局。

　　"The Tao operates the sun and the moon without affection,"Tao can promote the operation of the sun and the moon,because the Tao is ruthless.Here the merciless is a kind of ruthless better than emotion,that is,let us not cling to personal love,such as affection,friendship and love.Any individual's love is the ego,enlarge the love,love everyone in the world,you can have the pattern of the big world.

　　“大道無(wú)名，長(zhǎng)養(yǎng)萬(wàn)物”，道本身是沒(méi)有名也不求名的，老子想要我們明白真理，所以勉強(qiáng)地為之取了一個(gè)“道”字為名。

　　"The Tao is nameless,breeding all things of the universe."The Tao itself has no name or for name,and Lao Tzu wants us to understand the truth.Therefore,he reluctantly named it"Tao".

　　由此可見(jiàn)，人想要成就一番事業(yè)，就要淡泊名利、不求名利，才能獲得如同道一般的能量！我贊同一位成功人士所言：“大成品質(zhì)源于厚德，輝煌格局不離大道”。

　　From this,it can be seen that if one wants to accomplish something,he must be indifferent to fame and fortune,not seeking fame and fortune to gain the same energy as Tao!I like the same successful person to say:"Good quality from great morality and splendid pattern is on the Tao."

　　馬小秋2016年12月4日分享

　　Ma Xiaoqiu Shared on December 4,2016