Qiu's Rhetoric(11)
Ma Xiaoqiu:Absorb the energy from the Tao
中华民族，泱泱大国，悠悠五千年的文化历史。五千年，这仅仅是炎黄子孙的史载记录。五千年前呢？地球是什么时候生成的？天地是怎样诞生的？千百年来，人类在不断探索宇宙奥秘的进程中，产生了许多哲学家、历史学家、科学家……
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，这位天地所造化的圣人，给我们留下了《道德经》。老子仅仅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，独立而不改，周行而不殆，可以为天下母。吾不知其名，強字之曰道。”这个在天地生成之前就存在的、古往今来独立而永不改变的、周而复始地运行着的混成之物是什么呢？它就是道。道乃无形无象，无色无味，手摸不着，眼看不见。这种似乎不存在的东西，却有着无穷无尽、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.
《清净经》借老子之口进一步阐述了道的作用：“大道无形，生育天地；大道无情，运行日月；大道无名，长养万物。”由此我们明白了道的含义：无形的道可以生育天地，无情的道可以推动日月运行，无名的道可以滋养万物的生长。这种強大而不可战胜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.
人可以通过学习和实践来感悟道的存在，并由此获得道的能量：
People can realize the existence of Tao through learning and practice,and gain the energy from the Tao.
“大道无形，生育天地”，道之所以具有生育天地的能量，是因为道无形无象，像虚空一样，能容纳万事万物。人要想具备成功的本领，就要做到无我、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.
“大道无情，运行日月”，道能够推动日月的运行，是因为道本无情。这里的无情是一种无情胜有情的境界，也就是让我们不要执着于个人的情爱，如亲情、友情和爱情。个人的任何情爱都是小我，把爱放大，爱天下所有人，才能拥有大天下的格局。
"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.
“大道无名，长养万物”，道本身是没有名也不求名的，老子想要我们明白真理，所以勉强地为之取了一个“道”字为名。
"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".
由此可见，人想要成就一番事业，就要淡泊名利、不求名利，才能获得如同道一般的能量！我赞同一位成功人士所言：“大成品质源于厚德，辉煌格局不离大道”。
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."
马小秋2016年12月4日分享
Ma Xiaoqiu Shared on December 4,2016
