1.Can you, when concentrating your breath,
Make it soft like that of a little child?
2.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
Out of Tao, One is born;
Out of One, Two;
Out of Two, Three;
Out of Three, the created universe.
The created universe carries the yin at its back and yang in front;
Through the union of the pervading principles it reaches harmony.
To know harmony is to be i accord with the eternal,
(And) to know eternity is called discerning.
But to know eternity is called an ill-omen;
To let go the emotions through impulse is called assertiveness.
1.If you employ the measure if excellence in every circumstance to control the vital breath and nourish life, you will outlive even Partriarch Peng, and if you use it to cultivate your character and strengthen yourself, you will establish a reputation equ
生卒年份:1925年-2017年
国籍:美国
身份:译丛顾问团创始成员之一,1989-90间荣任译丛学人。专注于中日文学的翻译与研究,出版著作已逾20册。
代表作:翻译后汉书、诗经及李白、白居易及陆游的诗作,分别刊登于「译丛」第一期、第二十一及二十二期、第三十三及三十四期、和第四十九期;译著「Records of the Grand Historian」,收录在译丛丛书系列中。