老子说

商容又点点头，然后张开口问道：“我的舌头还在吗？”老子说：“在”。

Shang Rong nodded again , and opened his mouth and asked , " Is my tongue still there ? " " Yes " , Laizi repled .

治大国若烹小鲜。（这是老子说的，我又给翻回来了）

Governing a large country is like frying a small fish .

老子说：“没有了。”

Laozi said : " There are no teeth . "

老子说，生命是一连串的自然和自发的变化。

Lao Tzu said , 'life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes .

老子说，当坚硬的牙齿脱落时，柔软的舌头还在。

Laozi said , when the hard teeth lost , the soft tongue was still there .

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。

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

想想老子说的这句话，（也许并非老子的话）道家的创始人：怎样才能做到这一点？

Consider the above quote from Lao Tzu ,( perhaps mythical ) father of Taoism : how can it be true ?

然而正如老子说的，它却是天下莫不知，莫能行。

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

老子说：“经过大树就着小步快快地走，不是说尊敬年长的人吗？”

Laozi said : " One should hasten with small steps when passing a mighty tree , is that not to say one pays respect to what is aged ?"

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。

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 .

老子说以饱腹而食的人会使身体得到滋养，而以满足眼睛而食的人免不了会伤害自己的身体。

Laozi said that those who eat to satisfy the stomach intend to nourish their body ， while those that eat whatever that pleases their eyes are bound to do it harm .

老子说：不敢为天下先，故能成器长，不违反道，保持谦虚的态度，依道而行，才成为天下的首领。

Me said : " do not dare for the world first , so it can be long " does not violate the " Dao ", keep a modest attitude , according to Tao , to become the world leader .

商容点点头，又说经过高大的老树要小步快走，老子回答说：“你的意思是说一定要尊敬老人？”

Shang Rong nodded and added that when he passed an old tall tree he should walk fast in small paces . Laozi said , " Do you mean we should respect seniors ? "

老子曾说，千里之行始于足下，就是这个道理。

As Lao Tzu said , even a journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step .

老子所说的“无为”是积极的，毕竟是治天下的一种手段，而庄子所说的“无为”是消极避世的清静无为，以养生全年。

The " doing nothing " said by Laozi is active , and a way of governing , but Zhuangzi 's " doing nothing " is passive , meaning evasion from the world to keep a quite life .

老子道德经说：万物负阴而抱阳，冲气以为和。

As LaoZi said , everything has the negative in and contains the positive , they are in the harmony .

老子不仅是在说古，也是在论今。

Laozi is not only telling the ancient , but also talking about the modern society .

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。

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