LAOTSE

According to Laotse 's moral standard , this is not the best one .

在老子自己的道德标准上说，这也不算是最好的一面。

In the early next morning , he went to see Laotse again .

第二天一大早，他又去见老子。

Laotse 's management thoughts have the distinctive feature of pliability .

老子管理思想具有鲜明的柔性化特征。

Does the Laotse and Chuang Tzu 's thought not work in modern society ?

基于此，是否我们就应该认为，老庄思想对现今社会是一点也使不上力呢。

Guang Yin and Laotse are one of the greatest ancient thinkers .

关尹、老子是古代最伟大的思想家之一。

Laotse certainly found that the more we use consciousness to manipulate practice , the worse the result is .

老子一定是发现了，我们愈是用意识去操作练功的方向及内容，其结果愈是糟糕。

Laotse 's mentioned should be confined in a certain definition , then our interpretation is fairly right .

对老子的所谓知与见，我们应该将之规范在一定的定义之下，因为这样的解释才比较符合实情。

Laotse told us that when others can 't exert the both measures on you , you are a real free man .

老子告诉我们，当别人对你完全施不上力时，你就成为一名真正的自由人了。

After left the market , beheading in front of the mass still lingered on Laotse 's mind .

离开市集后，斩首示众这一幕仍然停留在老子的心中。

He felt that he must have done something wrong . Hence , he paid a visit to Laotse for consulting .

他心里想，自己一定是什么地方做错了，因此特地到老子那儿去登门求教。

Nevertheless , as Laotse say , everyone in the world knows it but no one is able to carry it out in practice .

然而正如老子说的，它却是天下莫不知，莫能行。

Laotse thought if a man tried to change the operation of this world at his wills , he will not be successful .

如果一个人自以为聪明，企图按照他个人的意志去改造、左右这个世界的运作，老子认为那都是注定不会成功的。

Reading this chapter , it is easier to understand its main points by going back to Laotse 's governance by no-action .

读老子这一章，我们有必要回到老子无为而治的理论中去，从那里来研究会比较容易抓住重点。

Laotse 's opinion , the movement of Tao has a unique goal : it is the process from birth to death .

道的移动，依老子看，就只有一个目标，那就是由生到死。

Laotse had laughed before him , a thin , shrill yet cataclysmic laughter .

老子在庄子之前便懂得幽默，一种淡定、尖锐然而洪亮的嘲笑。

" Harmony as integration " by Laotse and Chuang Tzu means the harmony of each parts of a machine for normal operation .

老子、庄子所说的“通为一”，指的就是如何整合一部机器的各个零件，并使其正常运作的协调性而言。

People equip and prepare themselves early to wait the coming opportunity , which is the forestallment mentioned by Laotse .

将自己整装起来，早早地准备好，有备无患，就是老子说的早服。

Yangzijie planed to travel to Pei while Laotse was going to travel north to Qin .

阳子居要到南部一个叫沛的地方去，而此同时，老子将往北到秦去旅游。

As one of the favorite and best disciples of Laotse , Gengsang Chu had got a great knowledge from Laotse .

庚桑楚是老子的徒弟，他深得老子教学的精髓，可以说是老子的得意门生之一。

Nevertheless , Laotse knew it clear that the criteria are tools that were created by clever rulers for social stability , solidarity and implementation of policy .

可是，老子却非常清楚，这些道德标准，都是少数几个聪明的统治者，为求社稷安定、人民团结、以及顺利推行政务等而创造出来的工具。

Let 's talk not about politics , let 's look the sages Laotse mentioned as Buddha , Bodhisattva , king of the great freedom and God .

就让我们别谈政治吧！让我们将这里的圣人都一律视为佛、菩萨、大自在王、甚至于上帝。

Why did Laotse recommend such an area for our living ? Why did he encourage us to establish a settlement that deserts civilization and returns to primitive life ?

老子为什么要推荐我们去寻找这么一个国土来安身立命，为什么非要鼓励我们去建立这么一个抛弃文明，回归原始生活的国度呢？

When Laotse sat , meditated and did yoga , he apprehended well that the perfect operational ability of nature , Qi and Kuntalini .

老子在他打坐、默想、以及瑜伽等练功的过程当中，深深地体会到大自然、气、挫火等周延完美的运作能力。

Seeing this crisis , Laotse warned that " when reformed and rising to action , let it be restrained by the Nameless pristine simplicity " .

老子预见到这样的危机，因此警告人们应该“镇之以无名之朴”；

Laotse said that " Therefore hardness and stiffness are the companions of death , and softness and gentleness are the companions of life ", which is opposite to our common sense .

老子说，坚强者，死之徒，柔弱者，生之徒。这一点与我们一般的常识相较是大相径庭的。

Besides ," small territory and population " is the ideal world imagined by Laotse which happens have the same view with the thought we are talking now " small thing is the niceness " .

此外，“小国寡民”是老子设想的理想世界、桃花源，这与我们现在所说的“小的是美好”的思想不谋而合。

If Laotse 's way of governance were employed in details seriously , human would return to the state of original tribal , neighboring animal , such as ape , cattle , horse and deer .

老子这套治国之方如果认真且彻底的执行，那麽，人类生活就会倒退，从此回到原始部落的边缘，去与猿猴、牛、马、鹿群等毗邻而居。

The Chinese Philosopher Laotse once said : " Governing a great nation is much like cooking a small fish " He meant that governing a country required just the right " seasonings " and adjustments for successful results .

中国哲学家老子曾经说过：“治大国若烹小鲜。”他的意思指统治一个国家需要正确的“作料”和调节才能获得成功的结果。

But after he learnt the amiableness from Laotse , not only his family member no longer line up to see him off , but also they scrambled with him for space on the mat to have a rest .

但是当阳子自老子那学到平易近人的道理后，家里的人非旦不用列队迎送，还在席子上跟他抢空位休息呢！